Sorry it took me forever to upload this ^^; Two weeks has it been? Well I hope this makes up for it ^^ It might be hard to update like I want to tho

Warning: Female bleeding occur .

Disclaimer: (Look in first chapter)

A Love Found in a Curse

Humidity. That was what I hated; the icky damp feeling that was misted on top of your skin. The area was warm and wet, but it didn't start to have an effect on me until I realized how long I've been staring at my surroundings.

"If you like nature," Axel began who stood in front of me, his hands placed on his hips with that grin of his, "I'm sure you'll have a kick out of this place." I huffed a laugh, wondering exactly how we were going to do this. This new world he took me to, a glimpse of what a jungle actually looks like was fascinating; the birds of macaws crowing through the leafy bug trees, the sound of insects that I've never even heard of before sounding off echoes that kept me aware of my surroundings. Everywhere my eyes turned to there was green, and the only unusual color was Axel's fire red head, trying to mimic the golden orange flowers that was scattered almost all around on the ground in the thin grass.

"So," Axel began, crossing his arms in a relaxed manner, "you think we should try this place or no?" I looked at him with dubiousness. "Uhm…"

'Does he think we should stay or not? He was the one who took us here.'

"I mean come on, what does your," he stepped up to me as he leaned forward, holding up his hands with the peace sign, folding them mockingly as he said, "spirit of your heart say?" I ignored his sly smirk as he leaned off, gazing on my right and left at the streak lit area of vegetation, trying to rely on my gut feeling of this spacious place. 'What does my heart say? Gee, Axel must not know how difficult it is to do that… ' The only thing my heart was telling me was that it wanted to pump the blood into my veins, but besides that something else had me reconsider that thought. My eyes gazed into the covered sky above, the green vines hanging from the tall jungle trees like snakes, blocking my view from peering at the blue sky. Besides the horrid humidity that was probably oiling my face about now, something about this deep jungle made my body want to stay put on its thin soil. That was what my gut feeling was telling me; one just knows. My head came from looking up to eye a curious Axel, my hand reaching where my heart was that seemed to float inside of me. "Yeah, let's stay here Axel. I'm sure we'll get something out of this place," I responded, grinning at his unaffected calm features. He sighed, closing his eyes to only open them up again. "Okay then, you is the boss…"

"Ha! Really? I like the sound of that…" I said in teasing vain, crossing my arms as my brows rose at him in amusement. He chuckled as he turned around, taking small steps forward with his hands on his hips as I followed. "Alright then missy lets look as much as we can." I nodded behind his back, watching my feet from stepping on the blossomed orange flowers that lined the massive tree trunk that stretched to the other side of our path from my right. I gazed from looking at Axel's back to the ground, my brows sinking in thought.

'Sora… could you be here?' I thought, remembering my last encounters at Harvest town.

We haven't been in this world that long, but now my legs were starting to ache again, as well as the lower portion of my back. My teeth were bare. "Ohh…ow…" I groaned, arching my upper body up, reaching my right hand to rub my aching back. 'Man why am I feeling like this all of a sudden? Even my legs…' I peered at my pelvis, rubbing my thigh as if trying to soothe the pain. 'Did I do too much earlier? Partying at night does come with a price though…but still this is not the time…'

I looked back up from my legs, only to crash my body into the side of Axel who I unknowingly stopped. "Ah, s-sorry…" I stuttered, stumbling back as I regained my balance. My heartbeat increased as I saw Axel staring back at me, his body turned to his side with apprehensiveness in his face. "Ah you okay there?" Axel asked as his lips formed in a thin line.

My eyes adverted his soft gaze towards the earthly trees, holding my warm hands behind my back as I spoke. "Uh yeah, I'm okay…" I felt my body become hotter as Axel looked away towards the ground, scratching his head as he hummed to himself. "Mmm, you sure 'cause both of us could've ended up on the ground if it wasn't because of you." He then looked back at me, reminding me of a puppy for some reason, turning his full body to me now. I grinned in abashment, feeling my face heat up even more. "Yeh, I was just thinking of things that's all…"

He grinned with a small chuckle, placing his hands on his hips. "You tired aren't cha? Just say that you're tired sheesh," he said, shaking his head as he rolled his small eyes smugly.

'He noticed? Of course he did…'

My fake disguise was now gone as my shoulders slumped over, my knees bent in weariness. "Yea, you've figured me out. I am totally out of it."

"Hmm, well we did do a lot at that other world huh?"

"Yeah, and if we were still there it would be night time, man I'm tired…" Axel crossed his arms while his one brow rose while the other fell. "Geez and I thought you were the optimistic one…you sure have been complaining a lot…" My face tensed as I straightened my posture, crossing my arms. "Well sorry for not being the cupcake you want me to be," I said, turning away at the sound of squeaky monkey in the trees, "and I'm not complaining that much…"

"Heh, I second that."

Just then, my heart sunk due to the feeling of something near, an entity that could shrivel up a heart. My eyes widened, turning my head in all directions as my legs jumped into a sturdy stance for battle. I ignored Axel who questioned what was wrong, but instead let a black ball of a heartless do the talking. "Ah what's this?" Axel asked, eyeing along with me at a snake like heartless.

"Do I really need to answer…?"

The heartless was black with blood red eyes, the color of a bee's yellow stripe spiraling along its body, disguising its face with a cheeky smile; The heartless was giant, almost as big as that Cerberus dog, sitting in its curled up cocoon. "Ah man what is that?" Axel asked in mild shock, though who tried to hide it in his tired tone. "Sly, slithery, does any of that ring a bell?" I turned to Axel who I realized was staring back at me with darted eyes. "I know what it is smart-mouth, I'm just saying I haven't seen this heartless before…and it's huge!" Axel said, turning back to look at the lean creature, summoning his weapons for a fight. "Snakes…" Axel growled, running up to the heartless like a roadrunner, swiping his weapon at the hissing creature.

My brows furrowed into a hard state, calling my own weapon to my right hand. 'Never seen before…rise of darkness is it?' I threw my bag to the side like a trash bag. Before I could join Axel at his target, I sensed another ball approach like smog from behind. "Wha?" My body spun, clenching my blade in my hand like a baseball bat, staring at the new two heartless snakes that have came to join the party, laying just a few feet from me beside a vine up tree on the right. I sighed, running at an opened jawed snake that shot out a pissing liquid from its mouth.

'The days just keep getting better and better…' I groaned, twisting my body at the side, avoiding the foul smelling liquid as I jumped at it for a taste of my Keyblade. The sound of a painful hiss pierced my ears, having me halt my second attack from the ground. "Ahh!" I yelped, forcing my hands to my ears as I felt a slithery rope wrap around my left ankle. "Eh!" I looked down, finding myself pulled off the ground by my foot, hitting the back of my head in the process. "Ah!" I muffled in pain, struggling to get out of the snake's tight grasp. "Ahh A-Axel!" I yelled, dangling from the air from the end of the other snake's tail.

My vision was now upside down, but I could still see both of the snakes hissing at me aggressively. 'My Keyblade!' I called my blade to my hand, shooting an ice cast at the snake that was holding me. It shot into its eye, having its grip on me falter at first, and then tightened up again as it hissed. This only made the other heartless snake clash its mighty tail against my body like a whip, producing mass amount of pain on my side muscles. My teary eyes widened as I held my lips together to hold in my shout, feeling like a hanging meat sack in a butcher shop. My teeth clenched, griping my blade as my squinted eyes stared at the heartless that was holding me, who was about to open its devious red mouth for a squirt. My brows furrowed as I bit my lip from the remaining pain, my heart racing as I grabbed the tail upward like a rope.

"Take this!" I hollered, shooting my blade like a dart at the heartless face.

"Grarrrrssss!" The heartless shrieked, shaking its head from side to side as it vanished in a puff of smoke. With that I fell to the ground on my back, landing on a big root from the tree that could have pierced my back. My teeth gritted as I ignored the pain in my back, scurrying to my two feet as I saw a flamed disk hit the remaining heartless that was attacking me. It growled from the fiery hit as Axel jumped from behind me at the heartless. My eyes grew small as I groaned, though a bit of relief nested inside of me. 'About time he helped me!'

I looked at my hand for my blade, calling it to me once again as I thought of what just happened to the first heartless that was destroyed. I looked back up, pointing my blade at the contemptuous heartless, hoping to hit it with a blizzard cast. But I hesitated when I saw Axel get whipped by the snake from the ground, sending him flying in the air feet's away from us, my ears hearing his loud grunt and crash. My jaw was left unhinged, gasping at what my eyes just witnessed. My brows formed razors, my eyes shooting back at the heartless as I ran up to it, watching out for its giant tail that came from above about to smash me like a cookie. Instead I jumped on its tail, stepped upon its giant spirals as I shot multiple blizzards at its face. As it screeched in pain, I jumped from its top curled tail, ending the heartless with a hit of my blade. The heartless disappeared from my sight in dust as I landed in a crouch on my aching feet, my fist helping me to hold my weight that knuckled the ground.

I gasped for air through my mouth with my eyes closed tightly, my heart beating of pounding rocks against my chest from that intense battle of a heartless. I looked back up at the green area, sending my blade away as I felt the sweat on face roll down like rain, listening to the sound of a loud monkey. During my battle I couldn't hear the chirping birds or the sound of apes that reminiscent the sounds of the jungle, but know that I was sitting here; I couldn't ignore those sounds even if I tried. My breathing slowed as I exhaled through my nose, closing my eyes once more for my eyes to relax, just until I remembered what happened to my fallen comrade.

'Axel!'

With that thought my head shot up in anxiousness, standing up on my wobbly legs as I began a start run for Axel who fell somewhere on the right side of the battle scene. 'Ooh I hope Axel's okay…'

Before I could pace myself even longer, my anxious eyes spotted a walking figure heading in my direction feet's away from me, almost tripping over something as the figure progressed further, shuffling its feet through the bushes of the dry earth. My heart jumped in happiness, relieved knowing who that person could be. Axel was walking towards me, his back hunched over with his right hand pressing on the aching area as if to ease the pain. I gulped, running up to him with anticipation, stepping over the undergrowth of grass and mold that embellished the soil.

"Axel are you alright!" I asked in eagerness, stopping in front of his frail body, my tiredness now starting to flow away by this turn of events. Axel's face showed vex, where his brows were wrinkled in frustration, his body still hunched over in soreness. "Y-Yeah I'm alright, crashing landing on my butt didn't hurt," he said in sarcasm, straightening his posture as he arched back in a stretch, hearing the sound of a cracking bone. My eyes gazed at him, seeing how his waist extended from relief, my hand beating with the sound of my heart as he came back down to look at me. I adverted my gaze, finding it hard to swallow as my body became warmer than before. "Gee you don't have to be sarcastic…" I said, hiding my face from him and what I just saw of his body.

My hot ears heard him chuckle, gawking back up to see what was funny. He was smiling at me, his hands on his hips with his green eyes bright. "I saw you fall straight on your back from the air right? That must have hurt like heck." I sighed, rubbing my hip. "Pfft yea, I'm surprised I didn't hit my head on that stickin' root…" At that moment, the bump on the back of my head pulsed like a drum. I winced, squinting my eyes as I peered down at my feet, touching the knot that I got from hitting my head on the ground earlier.

"Here Deonna take this…" Axel said, my teary eye focusing up at Axel who held a container in his hand. "Drink it, it's Elixir…" he said as I grabbed it out of his hand, drinking the small bottle of potion; it had a sweet taste, a bit of alcohol in its properties as I gulped it down. Once finished, it disappeared out of my hand, having its healing substances ease my remaining pain and tiredness. I didn't realize my lips were turned up into a smile, surprised at how that elixir worked for my body; though the constant tad bit of tiredness was still there, the pain seemed to almost vanish. "Wow, that was good Axel!" I exclaimed, looking back at him to see his pleasant beaming smile. "Did you have a bottle of this for your pain?" I asked. He nodded. "Yeah I drunk some of that before I gave it to you," he said casually. My smile turned into disgust, feeling my heartbeat nonstop. "Wait your mouth was on that?" He grinned, a smug expression on his face. "Yeah so?"

My brows arched, a pique sensation riding on my nerves, my body heating up at the realization. "Axel that's nasty! Why you do that!" I wasn't a fan of sharing some else's saliva with my own, for instance such as drinking a bottle after somebody already drunk from it; it always weirded me out. Axel's amused expression turned to annoyance, sighing as he walked past me with his eyes closed. "At least I cared enough to share the rest with you…"

I looked back at him, my irritableness easing down at what Axel said, my face softening as my vexed coaster halted due to guilt. 'Can't argue with that…' My brows sunk, shamefaced. Axel spoke again, turning his head at the side. "Well let's collect the things the heartless dropped and get out of here huh?"

"Mmm…yeah…" I ran up behind him, heading back to the scene of the battle. We collected the goods and my forgotten backpack. After that, we started back walking like before, through the dense jungle.

"So how do we know where we're going is the right way?" I asked, after a few minutes of stepping over rocks and moss covered tree roots, my stomach cramping. "Huh…that Sora kid…like trying to find a treasure map in the sand," Axel responded, not really answering my question. I tittered at him, gripping the straps of my bag. "But seriously, how far are we gonna go 'cause my feet are aching and I'm still tired…" I rambled in complaint, the feeling that every step I took my feet was being pierced by nails on the leathery ground. Axel groaned, stopping in his tracks as he turned to look at me, his brow down while the other was up in annoyance, making me stare back in defiance. "Being with you is a headache you know that right?"

My mouth opened in protest, but my words were left unsaid as he held his hand up to hush me up. He took a deep breath, closing his eyes as he lowered his hand back to his side, opening his baggy eyes again. "But since I feel the same way we're just gonna find a place to rest alright? Got it memorized?" I shimmered a gleamed grin, wiping my face from the oils that was made from the humidity on top of my skin. "Ohh…that's great…that'd sure make my day..."

Axel nodded, his stoic expression turning into a grin. "Yeah let's just sit here for now at least…" Axel said, searching for a place to sit. He eyed a curving tree that reminded me of a hook on the right of us, walking to it as I followed. We both sat down on the hard ground, Axel leaning on the cracked bark like a reclining chair with his hands behind his head in ease. My legs were folded while my upper body was straight, attentively watching my surroundings or anything suspicious. I observed the ground for insects, hoping a bug wouldn't crawl on Axel, or me for that matter. I then heard Axel talk, interrupting my experimental observations. "Don't worry we're gonna find a better place to rest…"

I sighed, my stomach feeling bloated and heavy. 'Do I gotta pee?' I pushed that feeling aside, answering back to what he said. "But what about finding Sora? This place is just too big to search every corner and stone we find to…" His head twisted towards me, his one eye partly opened from relaxing. "You did say we should stay right?" My brows rose, remembering the feeling I had when we entered this world. "Yeah…I guess there must be something here that made me want to stay huh?"

"Heh don't ask me, I'm just following by what you said…boss," he said, turning away, closing his eyes once more. "Mmm…" I moaned, staring at his handsome white face, looking at his spikey hair that seemed to tug at my inner playful heart.

'His hair…' I smiled at the thought. I turned my body so I was facing in his direction, my legs still crossed as I cocked my head to the side, gazing at his tired features, even his lips. 'He's so cute…' Just then, my dreamy state was disrupted as I snapped myself out of it, realizing what I was doing made my face hot as I closed my eyes shut.

'Whoa stop that Deonna! I'm not a perv…and I don't like him anyway!' I shouted to myself, my head falling into my hands, my heart racing like a horse. 'Even though he is cute and cool…aw forget it!'

"Axel?" I asked, my head still in my hands. "Yeah?" he responded. I looked back up, holding my hands together with a cheesy grin. "Can I play with your hair?"

His eyes shot open, staring at me in bafflement with his brows twisted. "You crazy?" he began, his voice sounding calm to my surprise. "This hair is off limits to anyone or anything that might mess it up," he paused, his eyelids falling partly over is eyes. "What do I look like to you? A doll head?"

"Aw come on I'm not going to mess it up. I just want to play with it…" I said, smiling at him gingerly with big eyes. He huffed, his eyes squinting. "Your eyes have no effect on me…"

"Hmph!" I snorted, turning away, eyeing a brier across from me. My pelvis was hurting as well as my stomach in cramps, but I was ignoring the pain and hiding it from Axel. I knew where it was coming from, so I didn't want to bother him with my female issues, at least until I felt a sensation that seemed to drip out of me.

"Uh?"

My eyes blew up, gaping at my pants as my heart sped up, seeing a dark red stain on the crotch. "Oh crap…"

"Huh? W-What's wrong?" Axel asked. I couldn't blink, my breath being held in as I rotated my head towards him, stiff as Axel stared at me in confusion with his brows wrinkled. "Heh, what's wrong with you, you look like you've seen a ghost…" Axel tittered, as if to laugh it off. My chest hurt, ignoring him as I stood up on my feet, feeling the pressure on my legs increase as my hands started to feel clammy. I swallowed, my face itchy, giving me the urge to scratch my cheek. "Axel, I-I think I'm on…"

It was his turn to look crazy; his green eyes widened as his brow twisted out of puzzlement. He sat there like stone against a tree before he spoke. "Can you repeat that last part again?" he asked, not really sure what I meant by that. I huffed, feeling lightening strikes inside of my stomach as I gripped my belly. "Axel I'm on my thing! You know what that is? Right?"

"Uh…" he gawked at me, removing his hands from behind his head, using one to support his weight as the other he used to scratch his head. "Alright I'm lost…" He got up from the ground, brushing his cloak off of dirt. "Sorry but I can't speak the girl language," he said, crossing his arms, waiting for me to just say it. I huffed, my brows arching in annoyance, grabbing the side of his arms as I shook him like a mad woman. "Axel you should know this! You had a mother once did you! I'm sure she told you or somebody did! I'm flowing!"

His nostrils were flared; looking troubled from my maniac actions. He gripped my hands off of him like they were thorns. "Uhm…first of all stop doing that…" he said in a rather calm tone, "and second of all…flow?" I smacked my forehead. Just then, Axel's voice tuned up in shock with an understanding undertone. "Wait you don't mean…?" he said, having my hand fall from my face to see the tense features of his visage, his brows hooked in worry. 'Did he finally get the hint?'

"Yes! It's my period you pea brain!"

"Oh god…" he said in disgust, his brows pressed together, stepping up against the tree away from me like I was an alien. He held his hands in front of himself, grinning with sheepishness. "Heh, that's gross…"

"Uhg! Axel we got to find a river! Right Now!" I hollered, wishing he would act more mature during this drastic moment as I stepped up to him. He waved his hand at me franticly like he was afraid of me. "Okay okay we'll find a river! Just calm down 'kay? Your making me freak out…" he said, a rise of irritableness in his voice. My eyes widened, feeling some more drips of menstruation moisten my underwear. A grunt escaped my mouth, rushing towards my left to get a head start. "Hurry we gotta find a river!" My feet halted, thinking of the one thing that I needed for this period. My hands grabbed my head, piercing my skull with my harsh fingertips in grief. "Do I even have any Sanitary Napkins!"

"Hey! Keep those thoughts to yourself why don't you!"

"Oh shut up!"

I turned slightly to look at an offended Axel who was walking behind me. He made it up to me, his brows stitched at my harsh treatment. "Yo girl…calm down alright?" he said, his face turning gentle, trying to smooth my anxiety as he put his hand on my right shoulder. I observed his gloved hand then his gentle gaze, feeling myself smile inside, though looked at him with dead eyes. "Mmm…lets just hurry up before I explode…" I said, turning away, my head pounding from the hard eyebrows on my forehead arrowed at each other.

"Heh, we don't want that to happen now do we?"

We searched farther out from where we were sitting. What surprised us was that we discovered a glade where a stream of water flowed through; it felt too good to be true that we were near a stream that was so close. The grass was really green, bountiful in appearance than being where the trees were where there was only broken sticks and mold almost about everywhere in the dirt.

"Ohh yes finally…" I said, overlooking the small ledge, staring at the clear water that appeared untouched by any animal that lived in this jungle. The tiny pebbles at the bottom of the stream glistened from the sun above, finding myself among its streaking water like a mirror. "This is perfect…" I said, bending back on my knees, standing up to a smiling Axel who stood on the left side of me. "So you happy now?" he asked. I smiled back. "Yeah…"

I then started to shove him out of my space, surprising him as he hesitantly went along. "Now beat it and get out of here…"

"Sheesh you're so mean now…"

"Hmph, I'm not mean…" My hands fell to their sides after pushing him feet's away from the river near the green molested jungle, wanting him to go back into the forest of trees and whatnot so I can have my privacy. He turned back to look at me, a grin plastered on his face. "Don't take long you hear?"

"Axel go away!"

"I'll be out here when you need me?"

"Bug off you're doing that on purpose!"

He chuckled, escaping my sight as he rustled into the bushes of shrubbery. Ignoring the drips of flow, I strode back towards the river where my bag sat in the grass. I bent my knees on the soft grass, opening my bag to get out some new clean panties. Surprisingly, I did have some sanitary napkins, which was tucked away on the inside of a secret pocket. The wind blew as I stood up, smelling wet plant life, as I was about to take off my pants. My eyes widened as my heart throbbed. "Axel where are you!" I hollered, turning around as I gripped the underwear and napkin in my hands. His voice was loud and clear. "Here!" he said, standing up from the bushes in a shadowy form, farther away then when I saw him last. He wasn't that close to the area since I was by the river, but if he was able to hear me and I was still able to see him, he should disappear then.

"Why can see you!" I yelled back.

"So I can hear you if you need me!"

"I don't want to see or hear you Axel! If I can see you right now you might see me!"

'When I change for that manner…'

"But I like this spot!" My brows furrowed as I stomped my foot towards Axel's direction, his hair a wild flower in the shadowy grass and bushes. "Axel get out of here you pervert!"

"I'm not a pervert!" he paused, his figure moving in a walking motion. "But I'll go a little farther out alright!" With that he walked away, deeper in the jungle where monkey's sounded.

"Hmm…" I moaned, checking out the area he left, making sure he actually was gone. No figure in sight. 'Good…' I smiled to myself, turning around to take my pants off. My new pants had blood all on its crotch and in my underwear like a painting. It just sucked. At least I had extra underwear and a sanitary napkin, a woman's best friend. I put on my new panties and sanitary napkin; now I was half naked in the wild. Maybe that was what it meant getting back to nature…yeah right. I knelt down towards the stream of water, the waters rushing past like the wind. The water flickered at my skin as I dumped the stained area of my pants in the water, the blood mixing in with the water like food coloring. I squeezed the pants for the soaked water to escape to in the grass and grabbed the soap I had got from Mrs. Dean in the pocket of my bag. Smudging the bar of pink soap on the dark stain, I rubbed the cloth together for a frothy texture to consume on the area and dipped it in the water. I repeated this action three times until I was just about satisfied, which I also did my bloodied underwear. I raised my pants in the air to see the blackened wrinkled region where it seemed some one pissed in; the stain wasn't that noticeable. My lips turned into a grin, happy at the results. "Good so it worked…" I mumbled, standing up to shake it like a blanket, wondering how long it would take to dry.

My mind went to the disappearance of Axel who went somewhere into the jungle to wait. "Hmm…" My body turned towards the trees, thinking whether or not Axel was watching me or not. At the feeling of paranoia, my heart raced, turning away towards the other side of the river where more vegetation consumed. 'Axel wouldn't do that to me…would he?' That thought crossed my mind as my legs bent down to sit on the prickly grass, my legs crossed as I sat my pants on the side of me in an iron position as well as my wet underwear. "Hmmm…"

I then pointed my legs out in front of me, observing how shapely and curving they were in the stark green grass. I frowned, stretching my upper body over them in a hiding position. "I feel fat…I should put on those other pants now…"

The sound of popping balls reminiscent behind me, my chest hurting as my upper body turned around in shock. My eyes widened, examining the aura of yellow and blue monkeys, all with a heartless symbols painted on their chest; the yellow heartless head a girly appearance with a bow on their heads while the blue monkeys had a boyish and rough look. I gasped, jumping to my feet as I yelled.

"Axel!"

It didn't take long for him to come at the scene, popping out of the bushes in concern. "W-What is-" he began, his voice cracking as he stared at me in bafflement, his eyes growing like mountains while his face turned into a red pepper. My heart ached, stiff as I gawked back at his presence as my own body turned hot.

"A-Ahhh!" I screamed, grabbing my pants from the ground, trying to cover my exposed legs and underwear, staring back at him furiously.

"Ah eh-sorry sorry…" Axel said, covering his forehead from looking at me. "Why are you here!" I yelled, noticing that I almost forgot about the heartless that was prancing around towards me. "Because you called me!" Axel said, lowering his hand down to look back at me, his face turning redder at my sight. My brows furrowed, clenching my pants tighter as I grasped my wet underwear and bag off the ground to run away.

"Stop looking at me and get the heartless!" I hollered as I avoided the shots the yellow monkeys were shooting at me as I ran into the jungle. My legs jumped into the bushes, running over sticks and dirt as my ears could hear Axel trying to get the Heartless attention. "Idiots I'm right here! I'll show you what a real fight is about!" Axel yelled.

My legs soon stopped, leaning back on a small tree as I caught my breath, feeling that my lungs were empty of air. I wiped my forehead of sweat, my face hot from those small moments of sprinting and seeing Axel stare at me with ogle eyes. My face looked up above, listening to the sound of birds flap at my presence as I sank down on my knees. "Man…this is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me in my life…" My head dropped into my hands, remembering when Axel first saw me with no pants on.

"Axel saw me…this is soo bad…how am I going to face him now?" I sulked, my ears now hearing the voice Axel.

"Deonna!"

My head shot up, searching for the voice that sounded close, but still far.

"Deonna! Where are you!"

My throat felt thick, my knees bent as I inched up off the ground, cowering my bottomless physique behind the tree as I saw Axel walking in my direction, trying to over sound the noises of the animals. I gagged, responding to his worried call. "I-I'm here!"

His head turned back and forth at my voice, pushing the tall grass and bushes out of his way as he started going in a different path. "Where!"

"Here!" My hands went up, waving in an assertive motion to catch his confused eye. His far off sight saw my hands, advancing his steps in my direction now that he's found me. As he came closer, my ears burned, holding my hand up like a stop sign. "Wait I need to put on my pants!" His view was clearer now, his body halting at my command. I knelt down, taking out my old pants and slipping them on from out of my bag. I jumped back up, calling Axel to come to me as I held my wet pants and underwear in my hands. He appeared in my presence after walking a few more feet, his cheeks red as he stared at me, making me look away in profile as I held my clothes behind my back, feeling like my heart would burst out. The voiceless sounds of our voices made the mood uncomfortable as I avoided eye contact, feeling both of our embarrassed heat. He cleared his throat before speaking in a quiet voice. "So…uhm…you okay?"

I swallowed, still with my eyes diverted at the ground. "Y-yeah I'm fine…"

The sound of a monkey made me want to look up, but I resisted that urge, not wanting to show how embarrassed I was by looking at him accidentally. "Uhm…well lets…uhm sheesh…" Axel began in a hesitant manner, my eyes turning in his direction out of curiosity, but still with reluctance. He was scratching his head, looking really troubled like he was lost in thought, his cheeks still red as he gazed back at me. My eyes felt big, feeling caught in the stare as my heart baked, my breathing increasing. We both gaped at each other until we both blinked, blushing in awkwardness as we both realized how long that moment have passed. I looked away as my face heated even more, hearing Axel finally say something. "So…uhm you done with your pants and stuff?"

"Mmm yeah…" I responded.

"Alright then…let's go…uhm…find another place to rest huh?"

"Yeah…"

After our awkward chat was over, we started walking again, leaving my wet clothes out to dry on the back of my backpack like a hook. After walking in tongue-tied silence and listening to the voices of the jungle, we soon found a clearing path that was more manageable to walk through where giant trees were more at our sides then in front of us and where fewer bushes were present. It was cognizant that I kept my distance from Axel; He was walking ahead of me while I was in the back, all the way in the back so I wasn't so close to him because of that weird incident. Obviously, he knew of this distance, but didn't say anything at first. But after a few more minutes of walking on the clear road, he finally spoke up about it, stopping as he turned his body slightly towards me.

"Why are you all the way back there again?" I stopped as soon as his steps ceased. 'So I don't have to be near you…' I thought of telling him, but didn't. Of course ever since he saw me almost bottomless, I've been wary of him looking at me and being by him, which made me a bit nervous. This tugging feeling I have towards him was now starting to bug me, and now that my period is on my emotions are going to run pretty wild for a few days. "Uhm, well I'm pretty comfortable back here…"

He placed his hands on his hips, his body now standing in my direction. "Oh really?" I nodded, grinning sheepishly as I tried to swallow. He shook his head, closing his eyes, pointing his finger at me in a calling motion. "Naw…I want you to come closer so I don't have to worry about you being abducted or something…"

Before I opened my mouth he told me once more, "Come on now, I don't want to here it…"

'Wow, Axel's acting like a father or something now…freaky…'

"Ah but I don't want to…" I pouted, only stepping a few feet towards him; I was still pretty far. Though he was far away from me I could still see his eyes grow small in vex. After that he started to stroll towards me, which made me feel mortified when he finally reached me, standing at my side. "Alright lets go you…" he said, placing his hands behind his head while I just nodded, following him at his side.

The sky appeared orange as if there was a sunset somewhere while the jungle seemed to be quieter due to my immune ears. My fingers gripped my bag as we walked further, curving at turns, walking past giant rocks and looking at some primate's swing from the trees overhead, trying to find a place to rest for the night. My stomach was cramping and without any painkillers, my days out on this journey wouldn't be nice.

"So," Axel began, catching my attention as I dubiously gazed at him. "How long will you be on your thing anyway?" He looked at me, his face embellished in worry, his hands back behind his head. I surprised myself with a giggle, knowing how he would react when I told him. "For a few days…"

"Ouch, that's cold…the days certainly won't do me any good…"

"Hmph. And what's that supposed to mean?" I said turning away, just hearing the chuckles from his mouth. 'I guess Axel's not thinking about what happened earlier…I shouldn't either…'

Just when I thought of that, Axel decided to bring it up again. "Oh…and I'm sorry for coming in on you earlier…"

My heart stopped, cracking as I replied, "I-It's okay Axel…" I said, looking down.

"Is it really? You've been so quiet ever since it happened…" he paused, "look at me why don't cha?"

I looked up at him with a grin, hoping he would see that I was okay. He smiled back, his arms finally falling to his sides. I looked away with a smile, feeling my cheeks flush as I stopped walking. "Hm? What is it?" Axel asked, stopping with me, leaning forward towards my face as I backed up a little for space. I looked at the grass, having my legs sit on the ground for my weary legs to relax. "I'm tired Axel and my legs and stomach hurt…" I said in drowse, taking my bag off my back as I crawled towards a bush with red berries on it to my left, lying on my stomach with my legs spread out, my head on my bag like a pillow while the almost dry clothes were still hooked on top. "Oh…" Axel said, sitting next to me on my right.

By the way the sky looked with its blue and purplish hues, even a dog would know that the day was phasing into night, even if it was colored blind. "Uhh…this feels good…" I moaned, closing my eyes, bowling my head in my arms and not worrying if a bug would crawl on me or not.

"Heh, don't get too comfortable…"

"Mmm…it's comfortable at the moment…"

"Good then, but I'm going to find a better place then this."

I brought my head up off the bag, sitting on my knees as I looked at Axel for a question that could pass as a statement. "There sure was a lot of heartless we fought today huh?"

He nodded his head, yawning as I covered his mouth for him. He chuckled, moving my hand away from his face as I giggled along. "Yeah, that's what happens when your Keyblade wielder…" My head cocked to the side. "What you mean?"

"When you're a Wielder of the Keyblade, the heartless are drawn towards your Keyblade like a beacon and comes after you, wanting the heart of the Keyblade Wielder…"

"Oh…I didn't know that…" I said, turning away at the ground, sitting more comfortably as I overlapped my legs, my arms holding my weight by pressing the ground as I leaned back. "Mm, well you learn something new everyday…"

I looked back at him with a grin, turning my upper body towards him as I reached my hands out for his face. His dark eyes widened as I touched the under lids of his baggy eyes, moving them from side to side playfully. I giggled while he grunted, his eyes squinting at me as he grasped my wrist to stop me, saying, "You're a weird girl…"

"Hahaha!" I laughed as he got up, staring at me with a hidden grin. "What? It's not my fault I got these trash bags under my eyes…" I wiped a tear under my eye from a breezy wind, gazing back up at him as my giggling stopped into a smile. He let his grin show, rolling his eyes as he stared into the shrubs behind me. "Well let's go now…" he said, looking back at me, wanting me to comply. My brows curved, laying my chin back on my bag as I closed my stingy eyes.

"But my legs hurt…I'm drained Axel…"

He sighed, hearing the sound of his feet step closer to my ears. "You want me to carry you?"

When he said that I felt a sharp pain hit my chest, my heart beat increasing as my mind thought of his caring suggestion. I opened my eyes, staring at the grassy road ahead of me. "Heh, have you lost your mind?"

There was no way I was going to let him carry me from what happened earlier; I thought I was over that, but I guess I wasn't. "Well I lost my mind when I lost my heart…" he said, scooping down at my level, finally turning to look at him to see him bending on his knees. I stared at him for a moment, admiring his facial features and his dark dreary eyes until I snapped myself out of it, standing up on my two sore feet. He stood up with me as I shook my head. "No you don't have to…but," I paused, gripping my bag off the ground, handing it to him, "you can carry this though," I said with a smile. "Hmm, fine…"

With that, I followed him back into the green jungle, looking for a place to sleep for the evening. We found a small clearing that was big enough to fit two huge tents, deciding that we would stay there for the evening. The area was circled with two giant trees and bushes with a few medium rocks scattered in the area. Axel moved the rocks into a circle for a campfire while I just sat on the ground with my black cloak underneath like a blanket, observing the shadowy leaves above move with the winds slow pace like fingers, the empty space darker and dull. The night creatures began to sing in song, the humid temperature dosing off for my liking while the smell of the green plants contaminated my nose.

"Let there be fire!" Axel said dramatically, his arms curved up towards the air as he lit the dry firewood aflame he found. I laughed at his goofiness as he came back to me, scratching the back of his head with a grin, laughing along with me. "You thought that was funny huh?" he asked, sitting next to me on my right as the light of the fire danced across his face. "You made it funny silly," I said, giggling at him. He smirked, rolling his eyes as he lied back on the ground with his hands like a pillow behind his head, his eyes closed.

"Hmm…too bad we don't have a cover to sleep on…" I said, looking at his tired hardworking state. "Heh, I don't need a cover, and that cloak you're sitting on will do you just fine…" I smiled faintly, watching the flames of the fire crackle the wood, the smell of the smoke drifting into my nostrils. My eyes closed, sniffing the air of burnt wood as I spoke. "How long do you suppose we should stay here?"

"Hmm…I guess until you're satisfied with what we find that is making you want to stay?" My stung eyes gazed back at him, his small eyes partly open as he stared back. I swallowed, turning away from his gaze, staring at my lap. "I guess so then…"

My stomach ached as well as my legs, chipping in the growls of my stomach. "Uh…I'm hungry…" I groaned, gripping my bloated belly, leaning over the pain of cramps. "Huh, gee I'm sorry about you're oozing state right now…" Axel said. My brows pressed together, pulling my legs to my chest, propping my head on my kneecaps with my arms bowling my head. "I'm hungry to though, but I promise we'll find something to eat in the morning…hmm?" Axel said, sensing his face closer to my ear for a response. I gawked from the heat of the fire, turning slightly towards Axel with a nod and turning back at the moving flames, the heat tingling my exposed skin.

"Hmm you're definitely quiet…" Axel finally said.

I huffed a laugh, shrugging my shoulders. "I'm tired Axel and I'm hurting…"

"Man, what a curse. Good I wasn't brought out female…"

My brows twisted at his statement, turning to peer at his relaxed sitting position where his leg was up at his chest and the other was down, his arm on his bent raised leg; his drowsy face filled with amusement. My lips escaped titters, my brow rising as the other dropped. "Axel being a girl isn't so bad…"

"Ha! I guess I will never know since I ain't one!" I giggled; lying on my back as I gawked up at the leafy ceiling that fenced the sky. "Yeah, well I like you better as a boy anyway," I mumbled to myself.

'Wait, why am I talking about gender anyway?'

He looked down on me, his face soft as the light made his skin glow, grinning even though he looked just about to doze into dream land. "It's good you're a girl, because you're…" he paused, looking away towards the fire as he hesitated. "Hmm?" I asked, hearing the sound of my own thumping heart. Axel cleared his throat, looking at the ground as he replied, "You're cool to hang around with…for a girl…"

He then looked back at me with a grin, patting my head. My face felt hotter thanks to the fire, but giggled at his supposed-to-be-compliment. "Gee thanks…"

"Sure…" he said, lying down on his back, turning on his right side where I could see the back of his head. "Let's sleep now 'cause I'm pooped," he said groggily. I nodded, turning on my left where I laid on my side. "'kay, night…"

"Night…"

Listening to the popping fire relaxed my cool ears, the sounds of nocturnal insects piercing the area like an orchestra. I couldn't help but worry that a bug or an animal might surprise us in the middle of the night, or whether or not we might find food tomorrow. Being a Keyblade wielder and staying close to Axel eases my nerves at the least though, but the added anxiety was stressing me out. Now that I have gotten used to Axel's presence ever since that incident earlier, there was something that I've realized. Talking to him or being next to him made my stomach float, a feeling that has happened ever so often in the past, though, this time it was different. I liked what he said about being with me, that I was cool to hang around with, but something about his behavior made me want to counter that, like that wasn't what he wanted to say but something else that was on his mind. Did I like him that much to think about him like this? Maybe so. Is this what love feels like? Do I love him? Maybe that was the case, but that was something I realized before I dozed off to sleep, listening to the music of the wilderness and the crusted flames.

Author's Note:

I'm sure you guys guessed the world huh? Yeah it's Deep Jungle

You might wonder how her curse is connected to her epiphany, and when I say curse, I mean monthly gift like a metaphor.

And it's about time Deonna admits it to herself huh? Just wonder how do Axel feels now...can Axel truly feel though...but I know all the answers. Bwahahahaha!

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