Longer than I thought it would be...hope you like this chapter and new world~

Disclaimer: (Look in first chapter)Harvest Town was made by me)

(I edited something at the bottom of the page where author's note at, for those who's wondering what's taking me so long to update) 1/30/11

Harvest Town

The swirling light of darkness surrounded us for a brief moment, and then came light. We stepped out of the portal and onto a dark-bricked road that divided a grassy plane on both sides, entering a new world. The yellow sun hung brightly in the blue sky, where clouds in there own shapes floated sparsely in the atmosphere. Axel toned down on the nagging, but was still upset about me being mad at him. Reluctant I was to ask him what world we stepped into, but curiosity had told me to ask him anyway.

"What world is this?" I asked, turning to my left with my arms folded, looking at Axel, his eyes elsewhere. He looked my way, only slightly though, his beady green eye small and averse. "Harvest town," he said, his speech still and monotonous, turning away to gaze all around.

'Harvest town huh? Weird name…people here harvest plants or something?'

I looked away, staring ahead the long road, thinking of the world's nature. Axel started walking ahead of me, signaling me it was time to travel onward. After a moment of quiet steps, Axel spoke, only eyeing me in the corner of his eye, and not with his whole face. "I've only been to this place once, so don't be too surprised if something comes up outta the blue that I don't know about," Axel said, sighing as he put his hands on his hips, "get that memorized." My ears listened, but refused to reply, only giving him a, "Uh-huh…" as I looked at him. I was still holding a tiny grudge against him about the fight, which loomed an ice- Berge between us and how I treated him; I didn't talk much when I was upset with a person, but Axel still did, though, more quietly. He then went back to peering ahead, resting his arms to his sides as he walked.

For a few moments, my eyes gawked at the scenery of the landscape. The brightness from the sun made the grass lively and green, the soft breeze of the wind showing the sheen as the grass laid down flat, and then swayed back and forth, almost like an emerald sea. The sun wasn't really beating down on me like at the Coliseum either, which was a relief on my case. Even though I've been in this world for only a few minutes, this world appeared really different from the other worlds I've been to so far; the unruly quietness was relaxing and the dancing grass was entertaining to watch. Obviously, it eased my nerves. Suddenly, Axel threw his hands behind his spiked head, speaking to me as he did so.

"Well, looks like you have an eye for this place, huh?" I looked at him, his head tilted back at the side to look at me as he continued to walk forward. Surprisingly, I spoke back, just now releasing the reluctance of speech towards him of just wanting to answer the thoughtful question he asked. "Yeah, it's really bright and green here…pretty."

"Yeah, must remind you home in a way," he said, turning back at the road. I gazed at him, feeling a tiny smile hidden in my face. '…just read my mind.' Axel then spoke again, his hands still threaded behind his head as he leaned back on them, still looking ahead. "Deonna, when we fought each other back there…" Soon then, the tiny smile went away as he began that sentence about the showdown we had earlier, making me a bit uncomfortable as he continued, feeling the anger I had towards him more apparent in my veins. I rolled my eyes in a muse, gazing away. 'Great, here we go…'

"Y'know, I noticed when you hit, you hit hard," he paused.

'Huh?'

Him talking about me hitting him caught my interest, causing me to turn back to look at him curiously. His face was turned, a grin on his lips as he continued. "And when you stomped my chest, it's like you broke a rib bone outta me." Just then, I couldn't hold the small chuckle that came out of my mouth as my head tilted down. "Heh, really?"

"Yeah, I had to hold my chest just to sit upright." Another giggle came up, having me look back up at him, waving my hand in front of my face as I bragged. "Well, I not a big bragger, but I do have to say that I'm quite the kicker." Our little conversation struck the stubborn nerve, melting the anger that held my temper towards him; what a relief this feeling was, for, I felt more composed being in his presence now. He turned back ahead, continuing the conversation. "Yeah well, if I had more time and energy, I could've won…" My head shot up at him, huffing a laugh at his sorry-of-an-excuse win that could've been.

"Ha! Nu-uh," my head shook, grinning behind his back, "you just have to admit that you 'lost' to a seventeen year old girl, and there was 'NO WAY' you could've won, in the circumstances you were in."

"Oh, don't let it get to your head-"

"Submit!" He then sighed, his arms falling to his sides as if to really be defeated by our silly dispute. "Man, you're never going to let me live this down are you?" he said, turning his head. Shrugging at his answer, I laughed with my mouth covered by my hand, eyeing him shyly. "Heh, he…probably so."

"Well, you appear all giddy, does this mean that you let go of the resentment you had towards me?" My hand lowered to my side, grinning at him. "You've noticed?" I shrugged with a tilt to my head, then back to center like I was unaware myself. "Yeah, I mean I couldn't be mad at you forever just because of some silly fight right?"

"Yeah, really mature of you…" he said with a smirk, turning back ahead. "And…well…I'm sorry alright?" he continued, abashment in his voice. I smiled to myself, pleased about his humble state. "Thanks…and I'm sorry to."

"For what?" My head lowered, eyes downcast at the road as I answered. "I don't know…for being mad at you and being indifferent I guess." He shrugged from my answer. "Okay, whatever fill you with content, but at least the ice has melted between us." He then let his arms fall to his sides as if to be relaxed, his arms in a mild swing.

After that, my mind went into curiosity mode, wondering what to talk about besides hearing the quietness of the breeze.

'Mmm, oh, I know what just to talk about!' I quickened my pace up a notch to lean forward with my arms behind my back like a little girl, gazing at him with innocence. "Hmm, so Axel, where are you originally from?" He seemed startled by the question as he turned my way, asking what I said like he didn't hear me the first time. "Uh, huh?"

"Hugh, where are you from Axel?" He didn't answer right away, almost like he was in a trance of thought, as if it was that hard to grasp from his brain and speak it in the human language. He looked away from me and turned ahead, his face appearing stiff and motionless. 'Hmmm, why he looks like that?' When I finally leaned back off his space, he spoke in a sturdy dry voice. "Uh…It was Radiant Garden." My eyes gleamed from hearing such a flowery word, my hands reaching each other behind my back as I bought a smile. "Oh, Radiant Garden, sounds pretty."

"Mmm, it was…"

"What was Radiant Garden like?" He looked at me with a grin and then back, sighing before he spoke. "Well, the residents were nice, everyone knew everybody, and the ice-cream was good." My shoulders shook, giggling from the last part of his sentence. "And that's all you got to say?" He moaned unwillingly, turning his face to me as he drifted his hand up into a waving gesture. "Uh, well…how about we stop talking about that place and converse about something else huh? I don't really feel like going down memory lane right now." He turned back to the road, leaving me a bit blank in the face.

"Oohkay…" I cooed as I looked down in a frump, wondering what else to ask him without being turned down. 'Hmm, how about- oh not that…uh…ah, how about his real name?' I gazed back up to look at his sun-lit profile. "Hey Axel, what's your real name?"

"Huhh," he sighed, closing his eyes like I was a big bother to him. Suddenly, he chuckled, turning my way with a partway grin. "Heh, you got to be the only person who ever asked for my 'somebody's' name…"

"Oh, okay, then, what is it?" He gave me the answer as he turned back around. "Lea." At first I didn't say anything for a second, for I was a bit puzzled at the answer he gave me. My brows contorted from uncertainty as my lips pressed together in thought, my eye drifting away from his face. 'Lia? Is that a girl's name?' I huffed a chuckle, looking back at him to see him staring at me as to be uneasy, his brows twisted from my sudden still silence, and then the hearing of chuckle. "What?" he asked.

"Lia? Is that a girl's name?" I snickered, grinning in disbelief.

"Nawl it's not a girl's name…well," he tilted his head to the side, "if you spell it 'L-i-a' it's girlified. But my name's spelled 'L-e-a', guy wise." My head rose slowly in understanding as I looked away. "Ohh, I see…" I then smirked menacingly, turning back to Axel in a tease. "All right Lia!~" I mocked in a girly tone, chuckling to myself to watch Axel's pinch reaction. "Hey, don't say it like that!" I turned away, grinning to myself in pleasure of his funny reactions.

"Oh, sorry Lia…"

"It's not Lia! It's Leeah!"

"'kay Lia…"

He sighed a heavy huff out of the constant annoyance I was throwing at him. I turned to look back at him in a non-bothering smile, hoping to catch him off guard and to forget the teasing. He was looking at me; his face at first tense, then softened in perplexity, turning away to stare back at the road. His eyes closed as he spoke. "You make my name sound like a joke…man I guess the tables turned," he said, rather in a cool unaffected manner.

'Hmm, tables turned?' I thought, bringing my head down. 'Oh, I'm annoying him now, but he's not annoying me like before…' I chuckled. 'Uh well...'

My head went back up, my eyes landing on dark, brown dirt on both sides that was yards away from us. My eyes squinted, observing the out-of the-blue change in terrain. "Hey Axel, are we close to the town yet? I mean, if there is a town at all?" I turned back to him, his hand back behind his head as he replied. "Yeah, really close…"

"Well why didn't you transport us to the town instead of on this long tiresome road?" He turned back to me, sounding a bit taken back. "What? I thought you liked this scenery? It feels good to walk to the town from here."

'Hmm, can't argue with that.' But my stomach growled hunger and my body cried sleep, which I've been trying to overcome by talking and keeping my senses on the alert by scanning my surroundings. As we walked further, I began to notice that the darkened terrain was similar to the appearance of crops, an invisible line parting the dirt in a cropped fashion. My eyes gazed away from the dirt, looking at Axel as I questioned him. "So, people here are farmers or something?"

"Yeah, plucking and harvesting grain is there way."

I hummed, looking back at the crops. "Hmmm interesting…" Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind. The appearance of green began to fill the crops in a bushy like texture, continuing down the fields in a repetitious pattern on both sides away from us, vanishing from our sight of vision like it was cut off in the distance, but they really wasn't.

'…'Nobodies' can't feel right?'

I gazed away from the pretty sight to look at Axel with that thought of mind, feeling a bit reluctant to ask, but eager at the same time; I asked anyway. "Axel?"

"Hmm?" He looked my way, eyes relaxed and ears open. I stammered, still hesitant as I could feel my heart race in beating jumps. "U-uhm, do y-you remember back when we first met?" I averted towards the ground, avoiding his surprising gaze as I continued, "and you said that nobodies can't feel emotions and that they just pretend? Do you think that J-Jian and Arata, were only pretending to be happy to see me?"

This conversation felt intense even though it was only me talking right now, it got my hands clammy from the silence that neither of us spoke, me, waiting to hear Axel's point of view. My throat felt clogged. After a moment or two, Axel finally spoke, sounding a bit unsure himself.

"Well, it depends on the 'nobody'. We nobodies pretend to feel emotion because we miss how it feels, and we would remember how it feels given the right situation at hand." My brows were lowered as I finally looked up at him, his eyes on mine in a sympathetic manner, his arms now at his sides. "Your friends, I know they missed you- I mean, nobodies can only do so much in trying to show even the little bit of emotion, trying to be something were not, but at least we try."

"Uh-huh," I nodded.

"I know they did there best in showing that they care about you, so don't worry otherwise," he paused, tapping his forehead, "got it memorized?"

"Hmmm, I guess you're right," I agreed, turning away in thought. 'Poor Jian and Arata, losing the feeling of emotion and having to pretend to show the emotions that they miss…but they really proven themselves to me when I saw there smiling faces, looking so real and enthusiastic…'

After taking that all in, I smiled, feeling myself in happy spirits from that contemplating thought. My eyes closed. 'I know they miss me…and I know they do try…'

"Thanks Axel."

"Sure, no prob…" I opened my eyes, looking at the fields once more to see taller crops of vegetation; cobs of corn rooted on my right and grass of brown grain on my left, swaying by the winds pace. My eyes scanned hard enough to even spot a person or two hiding in the crops of corn in-between the long empty spaces that the plants would make for themselves, doing whatever a farmer would do I guess. 'Mmmm, I guess were getting close…'bout time.'

I looked at the grass of grain and then to Axel. "We almost at the town?"

"Yeah, it's up ahead see?" he pointed his finger, having my head turn. I realized that the road we were on was a trail, leading into a town where buildings were visible, opposite each other, leaving the road in the center to continue down to wherever it ended. My eyes also landed upon the top of the side of a white house, far on the left of us where the grain of grass was blocking my view of the bottom portion of it. The brown dirtied terrain reappeared on my right, but this time the crops were smashed up in pot holes and crooked lines, almost like they were destroyed by something or someone, leaving the crops unproductive as it stretched in all directions, only stopping at the town's façade. My face frowned from the sight of it. 'Man what happened here? Someone mess up their crops...weather perhaps?'

I turned back to Axel, not wanting to get his view on it, but to give a statement that I've been thinking about. His hands were back behind his head for the millionth time. I grinned. "Y'know for a nobody, you seem to express emotions pretty well," I said, getting his head to face me, a bit startled as he eyed me with green ample eyes. He seemed puzzled, not saying anything, but letting his arms down once again, his lips twisted as he gazed to the left and then back at me. "Hmmm…you really think so?"

"Yeah," my voice sounding enthusiastic, but, in its own cool state. I looked back at the almost ending road, finally seeing the white house that was actually a white barn, growing what appeared to be grapes on crossed stakes in rows where a few people was standing in, plucking the crops. I looked down, continuing my sentence. "I mean, that's how I feel, from my time with you and all…it's impressive."

"Impressive? Like a dog trick?"

My eyes widened, shooting back up at him as I waved my hands in assertiveness. "No-No! That's not what I mean-" He interrupted me in a laugh, his hands probing over me as to settle me down. "'Kay-kay calm down! I was just messing with you…" I stopped my mild panic, realizing that Axel was just playing with me as I felt myself become a bit warm of embarrassment.

"Oh…" My head dropped, avoiding eye contact. "Well, y-you're really good with that emotion thing that you do."

I looked back up at him to see him grinning at me, one that was appealing in charm. I covered my mouth as I giggled, feeling a bit meek. "See, that smile is definitely a real one. I'm telling you, you got emotions…" He waved his hand at me as he turned away, humbling himself as he denied my statement. "Ah, I do not…"

"Yes you do Axel, I'm telling you, you probably don't even realize it." He sighed in a chuckle, shaking his head as he looked ahead. "Whatever you say Miss Emotion Expert."

"Heh, heh…" I giggled, starting to take my cloak off so my choking clothes could get some air, taking my backpack off first.

"And you're probably right though, they do feel real…"

Holding my cloak in my arms, I threw my backpack on my back. "Ah, perhaps they are, meaning you have defied nature, making you a special nobody."

"Heh, I'm far from special I tell you…"

"Ugh, stop it with the pessimism already."

We finally stopped at the entrance of town where people were walking about with their usual activities. One person entering this store and this person entering that store, almost like they were all in a routine into shopping at the medium sized stores all there life. No one seemed to take notice of us standing in the center of the entrance, probably a few stares, but none that was that very much lasting as they continued on. "Well, were not going to get much done if we just stand here doing nothing."

I looked up at him as he continued. "We have to do what the Greeks do." My brows contorted at his statement. "Ah, sounds like something you should've said at the other world." He looked away in a chuckle. "Hmm, perhaps so."

As I looked away from him, my chest began to feel achy for some reason. I gasped in wonder as I brought my hand up to touch it, wondering why it felt weird. It wasn't a painful, hurtful feeling, it didn't even seem like it was my chest at all, but my heart…it felt sad. My brows lowered from the sudden emotion. 'How can I feel my heart like this? At first I wasn't sad, but now I'm sad all of a sudden? My chest isn't hurting, but my heart feels sad…weird.'

By then, I heard Axel call my name, which sounded far away for some reason like he was ahead of me. I brought my head up, seeing Axel; he was indeed a few feet from me. He motioned me to come on with him, gesturing his hand in a backward forward motion. "Come one, there's no time to daydream now!" I nodded, bringing my hand down as I walked up to him. His eyes watched me as if he was that dependent on me being with him, well it felt that way as I stopped in front of him, gazing down at the ground; my stomach hurt.

"Hey, you okay there?" he asked.

My head shook. "No, not really…" I said looking up at him, placing my hand on my stomach. He lifted his head up in the air with a sigh, putting his hands on his hips, cocking his short eye brows at me. "'Kay, what did I do this time?" My head shook again. "Nothing Axel, I'm just hungry and tired…sad…"

"Sad?" He crossed his arms, "sad about what exactly?"

My shoulders rose and fell. "I don't know, I just started feeling sad," I snapped my fingers, "just like that."

"Just like that huh?" His head tilted to the side in thought. "Hmm…well maybe you're subconsciously thinking about something that's making you sad, so stop thinking of it subconsciously."

"I'm not thinking of anything subconsciously Axel!" my voice rose, avoiding Axel's eyes as my head dropped to look at my burgundy colored shoes. I sighed. "Let's just get something to eat first…" I then heard Axel give a sigh, having me look up, his hands on his hips while his eyes were closed. "Okay, maybe that's what you need, food." His bright green eyes opened, a grin appearing on his face. "Come on you party-pooper, it's either that or an emotional sad girl thing," he said, turning around as he gestured his arm up to follow him. I ignored his comment, following him in a droopy manner.

Axel soon found vendor that sold chicken noodle soup on the side street along the left side of the road. I didn't realize how long the town's road really was; it curved and turned, making other roads along its edges towards other crops and homes, all the way until it ended in a straight line, back into the fields on the other side of town. Axel and I ate the soup that he bought for both of us, sitting on a free woodened bench by a little toy store, where children kept running in with their mommies. I swear I could've choke on that soup; the flavors were rich and fresh, almost as if it was just picked from the crops in mighty vegetables and chicken bits, that and because I was just really hungry. Well, I almost choked; Axel had to hit my back from choking on the juice that went down the wrong way. As I ate, I looked back at the different people and their form of dress. A lot of the older women were wearing long brown skirts with flower like designs or patterns with long sleeve cloth shirts on and some brown garden boots, while some of younger like women were wearing either a long skirt or short short's in different colors or jumpsuits, jeans, tank tops or any other shirt you could think of, also in brown boots, flip-flops or tennis shoes. A lot of the guys were all mostly wearing blue jeans and white T-Shirts, jumpsuits, sweat shirts, polo's, also in worn-out boots or tennis shoes.

"Okay, let's get going to seeing if your sibling's here," Axel said breaking my gaze. "Oh, alright."

We both stood up at the same time, holding our bowels in our hands. Axel went to throws our foam bowels in a nearby trash can, coming back to me afterward. My eyes felt heavy as I watched him stop in from me. My ears heard him say something, but I couldn't compute his words. It seemed like the sun was staring to descend from the sky to form a new sunset. Now that I noticed, how come the sunset in Twilight Town didn't ever go away to make a blue night for its world? Isn't that a little sad? Just then, Axel's voice was starting to get through to my ears in constant repetitions, waking me up from my unstable conscious state.

"Deonna, Deonna!"

Axel snapped his fingers in my face, blinking my eyes. "Anyone there? We got to get going now…" I touched my temple as I shook my head in a quirk, tilting my head as I looked up at him. He was leaning in front of me with his hands on his hips in a very prying manner, his brow cocked. I ignored the closed space with a frown. "Axel, I'm going to seriously fall out right now…" He smirked, leaning off of my space. "Yeah, it sure does look like it."

He walked pass me, suddenly realizing that he smelled a bit like smoke as my nose wrinkled. 'Is that his scent? Why haven't I realized it before?' Guess it's because I'm so used to it. I followed his direction with my eye; he stopped a few inches from my stance, turning to look at me. His smirk never left his face, the one that couldn't be erased no matter what I said to have him do the opposite. "Just know this, if you do fall out, you're not getting on my back."

My eyes glowered at him. Ohhh I felt like slapping him about now. "What? That's mean Axel! What if I really did?" I said, crossing my arms at my chest. He copied my posture; the only difference was in our facial expressions. "Then don't expect me to be your pick-up truck."

"Geez Axel, I know you're not that un-" I was interrupted, my body being pushed to the left by what felt like a bony person. "Ah!" I yelped stumbling from the lost balance the person took from me, clutching my knees, looking up in alarm. It was a brown haired boy in a striped polo-shirt and brown baggy shorts, staring back at me with wide hazel eyes; he looked surprised himself, stuttering an apology. "Uhm, I-I'm sorry!" he said, his body froze in the walking position with his body turned to me. He appeared younger than me, probably a pre-teen by the way his body type looked.

"Hey watch yourself! You saw her there didn't you!" Axel barked, strolling closer to us than before. I raised myself upright as the boy turned back to face a piqued Axel. He seemed to cower in front of Axel's intimidating tall body; he was probably like a tower to him. "Uh, I said I was sorry…" Axel then crossed his arms, cocking a brow at him like a teacher would at school if the student got in trouble. Well, he pretty much filled the teacher student thing really well. "Well, you wouldn't have to have had to apologize if you were watching where you were going right?" The boy didn't say anything, his head just dropped in shame.

My grin was faint as I came into the conversation. "Axel it's alright," I said, going up to him to touch his arm, "It was just an accident you know."

"Hugh, Kale what you do now?" a low husky voice grunted. It came from behind, making me turn in that direction, my eyes falling on a tall pale skinned boy with long black hair to mark his appearance as a ghost. 'Ohh wow…' I thought, surpassing to say it out loud. The brown haired boy turned around, seeing the pale boys troubled eyes. "Uh, I kind of bumped into her…" he said, pointing at me. "Ahem, it's impolite to point you know," Axel said as he stepped forward. The pale boy shook his head, his hand touching his forehead like he was stressed. His hand fell as he spoke, his head lowered to the ground. "Sorry about this, I'm sure he apologized?" He looked up at me, his eyes squinting. "Yeah he did, no biggie," I replied with a grin. "Good let's go Kale," he said rather quickly, stepping pass us as the boy named 'Kale' followed, a puppy following his master. Kale turned back, waving at us. "Nice meeting you!" I huffed a laugh as they disappeared in the orange-lit street.

Axel stepped up, his hands rested on his hips as he looked back at the direction those two boys left to. "I don't know about you, but that black haired dude has some serious issues," Axel said.

"Hmm, perhaps so."

"I mean, didn't you see how he looked, looking like the grim reaper at sunset, chasing after a boy in the middle of the street, what he going to do kill him with his eyes?"

Right now, my senses were perked back up to normal, almost though, where I didn't feel all that tired anymore from that weird encounter. "Axel?" I looked up at him. "Let's get started, I'm not that tired anymore." He looked down at me, smirking. "Ah, 'bout time your outta gloomville. Maybe you should bump into people more often." I didn't say anything as Axel scratched his head, searching around with his eyes at the remaining people present. "Well, lets hurry up before everyone sleeps for the day huh?" "Yeah, lets'." I smiled.

After that, we decided to split up, going in this direction and that direction; this way, that way. Anywhere my instinct told me to go, just like the instincts of an alpha wolf, even though I was a little nervous talking to total strangers I didn't even know, who lived in a different world than mine. The sky was starting to weaken in its red-orangey colors of dusk, replacing the colors with mid-night blue in the higher atmosphere, trying to settle down on the land to get rid of the light blue counterpart below it. The people were starting to depart from the streets; the street lights coming on too early, showing the way back to the multiple edges of the road for people to return to. I was beginning to feel tuckered out, good thing I found Axel in a store window on my right, appearing as if he was scanning a comic magazine right in front of me from the inside of the store. My mood intensified, turning from tiredness to build up anger that rose slowly. 'Ohhh Axel you…'

After what felt like a moment, Axel turned in my direction, his eyes going wide in shock at the first look at my body posture and facial expression. I was about to explode. The magazine dropped from his hands as he ran out of the store, almost tripping as he ran up to me, a frantic look on his face. "Uh, Deonna I was looking honest!" I growled as my fist clenched, tightening, wondering what other excuse he was going to say. "Deonna I was seriously looking for your sis, I- something just caught my eye in this store that's all!" he said, waving his hands at me. I crossed my arms as my legs shifted. "Mmm-hmm, alright Axel…" He sighed, scratching his head. "Sheesh, stop giving me that face! I was just looking at that thing for like three minutes!" I heaved a sigh, closing my eyes and opening them back up to look at him. Unexpectedly, I let this silly dispute pass, speaking as if not be bothered, yet with tiredness. "Alright Axel…"

"Huh?" He looked confused, like he wasn't expecting this unwavering reaction from me. "You're not upset?" My eyes closed as my head shook. "Just a little irritated…" He huffed, appearing like the house cat that just ate the pet mouse. "Huh…kay let's look some more." I opened my eyes, the light across the street flickering in and out over a cracked bench that seemed as old as these buildings. I pretty much felt like sitting down on that giant free seat, but surpassed the urge.

"Of course," I began as I stepped past him, my holding hands behind my back as I walked. "With the spirit of my heart…"

"Spirit of your heart?" Axel asked, strolling behind me.

I turned slightly back. "Yeah, the spirit of my heart."

"Hmm, that's new, what's that mean?"

"Oh, I'm just going to follow what my hearts says, y'know a girl intuition you wouldn't understand."

"Hmph, I think that applies for both genders…"

"Whatever…" That awakening I had days ago started to come back to me. I never told Axel about it, not knowing whether to follow it or not because it seemed so much like a dream, like the ones I was having before. I was never the one to believe visions or make-believe scenes that appeared when you sleep, but…how did it appear in my mind just now? I felt my brows furrow in thought. 'Mmm, let's see, boy whose name means 'key'-no mean 'sky' right? Hmm, maybe I'll ask Axel…'

We stepped onto another road that had a plantation with a little house on the other side, separated from the gray line. The sun was finally on edge, leaving the stars to sparkle with a new moon that was about to get recognition. Axel was on my left about now, so I turned in his direction. "Axel, you know a boy whose name means 'sky'?"

"Eh, what?" he asked, his dark green eyes dotting down on me. "What made you figure I would know something like that?"

"Uh, forget that-uhm- how about a boy who has brown hair and blue eyes?" He looked away in a hum, his brows pressed in thought. "Hmmm…well yeah, a few even, but why you ask?"

Am I crazy or am I crazy? Of course he might've known a lot of guys with brown hair and blue eyes, and like he'll know this boy in particular who I'm talking about, who happened to appear in a dream. 'Was it a dream anyway?' I looked away, sighing with that thought. "Ah, forget it, just dreamt of a guy with brown hair and blue eyes that's all…" He chuckled, then a laugh muffled from his lips. "Deonna you're crazy."

"Please don't remind me…" I also didn't want to ask about the person referred to as the 'key'. That probably would've just hit the top off.

The crickets sung with each other, broadcasting their own rhythm band in the now moon-lit night in the stiff grass. Another house came into view on our left, a crop bed right next to it where the moon shone grey light on top of the whole area. My eyes were heavy, gazing up at the ball in the sky as we walked farther, not really knowing where we were walking to anymore. 'Man I'm tired…where are we going to sleep? It's better to search in the daylight anyway…' We walked a little further pass that house, finding another road on our right where a few buildings were in view, right at the start. It probably led right back to town; what a lifesaver. "Axel? Where are we going to sleep?"

Before I could hear him answer, a voice startled the peace. "Ah! Someone help-Ah!"

"Huh? Who?" Both Axel and me jumped, turning our heads in all directions for the voice.

"Ah!"

My head spun towards the shout, finding it on the far left of us near a building where a shadow cast prevented me from seeing any objects on its side. My brows furrowed, my adrenaline pumping with the use of my reserved energy.

"This way Axel!"

"Yeah I know!"

We both ran towards the uncanny side of the building, summoning both our weapons as we stopped in the engulfing shadow. My eyes squinted, trying to adjust to the shadowy area, looking for the helpless person that could be injured. Up ahead, I saw creatures the size of wild pigs crawling on the ground, huddling next or on top of each other like they were climbing on something or someone. My eyes widened. 'Someone?'

"Come on those got to be heartless up there!" Axel ran ahead of me while I followed suit. The dark creatures turned to our path, forgetting all about their main prey just now, which just ran away behind the building. "What the-what kinda heartless are these!" Axel said, stopping in front of me.

"What should you know!"

"Unfortunately, not these…"

The heartless were spider like creatures, black and sinister in appearance with red streaks on its six long legs with yellow eyes and a slanted line on its face like a smile, a heartless symbol embedded on top; five in all. My heart jumped from the sight of them, a lump settling in my throat. "Oh crap…" I hate spiders.

"It's all right, they don't look to tough!" Axel yelled, running up to one as he smashed one with his fire blazed weapon. A few went at Axel while the others came at me.

"Ah!" I yelped, but shook my head to stay focused, my brows furrowed as I got in stance. 'Bastards…'

I threw my bag on the ground by a building on my right. Pushing that tiny phobia aside, I advanced at one who was eyeing me as it crawled. I attacked it, slashing and striking it with my weapon. It couldn't claw me that much with its legs or its sharp teeth, which made me feel superior as it, was just about to give in. A pulling sticky feeling was on my right arm, preventing me from hitting the spider heartless.

"What?" My teeth gritted as I turned to the right; another heartless with web out of its end attached to my arm, strong and sticky enough to overcome my strength. 'Oh great!' I tried pulling my arm, but the other one I was just attacking started biting my leg. "Ah!" That bite kicked my reflexes into gear, my other leg kicking the spider heartless away from me. Surprisingly, it vanished, a heart floating into the sky. Ignoring the pain in my leg, I threw my blade into my other hand, casting a blizzard at the other heartless. It squealed from the coldness at the web disappeared from my arm. My brows were stitched as I grasped a potion, pouring it on my leg. The pain just about disappeared as I started to attack the heartless, hoping it would fade away with just a few strikes. I didn't stop hitting it until it I saw a heart float to the sky. The breeze from the wind had me realize I was sweating on my forehead, panting for air as I turned to see how Axel was holding out. Just then, needles struck my back, making me fall to the ground on my hands.

"Nngh!" Knowing it was a heartless; I threw my blade upward, pounding what was on my back with it backwards like a hammer. The heartless squirmed as it got off. I jumped up, spun around and struck it even harder than before for it to go away. "Die already!" My wish was granted, a heart floating up to the sky. I wiped my head as I turned to where Axel was. He was just down to the last one. He struck it once more until it vanished into the night for a heart to escape to. "Whew…" I breathed, walking up to Axel who was hunched on his knees, huffing for air.

"Not to tough huh?" I mocked, standing in front of Axel with a smirk. "Yeah… they were easy, just difficult…uh be quiet…" Axel said in between huffs, his head hanging low. I giggled a laugh as I brought my hands behind my head. "Well, at least there gone, but how about that person?" Axel finally stood up. "Uh, he ran away like a coward."

"I'm sure you would've done the same thing Axel if you didn't have any powers." Just then, a voice called out in optimism.

"Ah, yes! You guys saved me!"

We both turned in the direction of the voice, a boy running up to us from behind the building in the dark. My brows twisted at his upcoming face. 'Wait is that-?' If it were daytime, you would've figured right away that he had brown hair and hazel eyes, but in the dark, everything about his features was darkened. "Remember me from earlier?" the boy said as he halted in front of us.

"Ah, I remember you, the one who bumped into missy here," Axel said, pointing at me with his thumb. The boy smiled widely like he just won a prize. "Yeah, it's Kale!"

I stepped up to him. "Are you alright?" I asked in concern. His expression turned to sadness as he narrowed his eyes down at the ground. "Yeah…good thing you guys came this way when you did…I could've been a goner if it weren't for you two…"

"Yeah that would've been a shame," Axel said, his arms crossed at his chest. "Should you be at home at this time anyway kid?" Kale huffed as he shook his head and then up and down. "Yeah I know that…" He looked up smiling weakly. "But, since you guys saved me, I just got to introduce you guys to my parents!"

"Huh?" Both Axel and me said in a chant. Axel waved his hands at him as his head shook. "Uh, it's alright, don't need to do that-"

"No you guys got to meet them, they would even give you guys a place to sleep if you need it!" Then there was silence from Axel, his head gazing up at the starry filled sky; I knew he was thinking about Kale's offer. Axel finally spoke, scratching his head as he answered. "Uh, well since you mention that, I guess we could meet your folks." After Axel's answer, Kale just busted into excitement. "Ah I knew you guys wouldn't turn that down, I mean I've never even seen you guys before so you all probably didn't have place to sleep to begin with!"

"Hmm, how observant of you…" I said. Kale grinned at me as he started walking to the side of us, heading back in the direction of the road where we just came from. "The house this way, so follow me!" he shouted as he waved his arm in the air. "Sheesh don't talk to loud!" Axel bickered, following Kale from behind. My watery eyes watched them walk away, my legs feeling unmoving as I sat on the ground from fatigue. I wiped my face, finally hearing Axel's voice up ahead.

"Deonna why you sittin down!"

I looked up; Axel was walking up to me while Kale turned back, running pass Axel.

"What's wrong Deonna?" Kale hunched on his knees in my face. My head dropped, sounding sullen as I spoke. "I feel too tired to move now…"

"Huh? To tired?" Axel asked.

"Maybe you should carry her," Kale said, referring to Axel. I looked back up with my brows furrowed. "Axel said he wouldn't do that though…" I looked away, "jerk…"

"Well I'll carry you then!" Kale offered. I turned back at him with a faint grin. "Really? Thanks but…I don't think you're strong enough to even do that." Axel chuckled, coming into the conversation, his arms at a cross. "Yeah, she'll probably crush you man…"

"Axel shut up!" I yelled, Kale backing away from my shout. I got up off the ground, shouldering Axel as I marched pass him. "Hmph, I don't need you to carry me anyway!" I then heard Axel mumble something. I turned back to him, but tripped on the ground with my hands flailing in the air. "Ah ouch!"

My nose hurt as I used my hands to get up, feeling dirt on my face as I tried to wipe it off. What's more embarrassing than telling a guy off, then tripping as you walk away on nothing! "Deonna you okay!" I heard Kale asked, his hurried steps sounding off on the dry dirt. Before I could answer, strong hands picked me up nonchalantly, almost with ease in bridal style. "Huh?" My eyes landed on Axel's face, which was really close to mine, his breathing misting on my skin as he walked, holding me in his arms. I stammered as I felt my face flush. "Uh-uhm Axel w-what are you-"

"Be quiet and don't say anything kay?" he said, avoiding my eyes. "Uh…" It was really hard to tell that Axel's face was a bit pink in the dark. I held a grin, hesitantly placing my arms around his neck. I heard him grunt, looking at me then back ahead. 'Man is this awkward or what?'

"Wow," Kale began as he got in front of us. I even noticed he was carrying my backpack on his back. "Are you guys a couple or something?" My head turned in embarrassment as I shouted at Kale. "No!" both Axel and me shouted in unison.

"He's too much of a weenie!"

"She's to much of an annoyance-double the dosage of a women!" I turned back at Axel with my brow cocked. "What?"

He sighed, avoiding my gaze once more. "Did I tell you to be quiet?"

We soon made it back to the gloomy road, stopping at the house that we passed earlier just before we made the turn into town.

"Alright this is it!" Kale said as he ran up the steps, banging on the white door like a policemen. "Hello! Open up!" Kale shouted at the door as Axel carried me up to the final step. My eyes timidly looked at Axel, who probably noticed my face directed at his. "Axel, you can put me down know…"

"Hmm? Oh alright…" Just before he could do just that, the door opened with the inner light of the house shining out onto the porch.

"Kale where have you been?" A familiar voice asked. It finally opened all the way, revealing the same guy from earlier with the ghostly pale skin.

Author's note: How is it so far? The world is kinda slow, but that's how it is in some country places right?

Ohh~ Deonna and Axel were so close this time ^^ Aww...Axel can be sweet when he wants to be huh?

*Edit* It's going to take me a while to update since I've been studying for finals for the last two weeks and catching up on school work. I should have it up by the end of this week or sooner^^ Be patient please~ 1/30/11

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