A/N: First of all one thing that seems to be forgotten quite oftenly by me. I don't own the character or the places. Just the idea of the story. And if I forget to write this again, I've written it up to my profile so it's at least there.
So first of all I'm sorry for long whiles before updating but the least is that I'll get one review for a chapter that I'd keep on updating. Thanks.
This is from my idea of a prank.
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Playing Depressed
Axel was really worried about Demyx. He hadn't seen a smile on the Nocturne's face for the whole day. And this was really strange since the Sitarist nearly whole time was happy-go-lucky. Axel had countered the musician for many occasions but couldn't find a reason behind the sad mood.
Eventually after the tenth time Axel had encountered Demyx and tried to help him, the Nocturne left the castle through a dark portal. He couldn't stand it anymore and needed to find a some place for time off. Demyx came out at Pride Lands.
That place was quite nice and Demyx loved to play there as a cheetah. He knew the reason for his form but wasn't that of sad about it. Yet, Demyx didn't head out for running this time but for somewhere else... The nice little pond at middle of a small jungle.
Axel and Roxas were searching for their friend but couldn't find even slight notion about the musician. Eventually after two hours of searching Roxas suggested that they'd ask help from Zexion. Luckily the Schemer was at his room... Reading a book as always.
"Hey, Zexy..." Axel started once he opened the door without knocking. The redhead did knock on any other door but it was quite useless to knock on Zexion's door since the slate haired male already knew them to be there. Zexion sighed and glanced at the fire wielder.
"He's at Pride Lands..." Zexion answered before either Axel or Roxas had a chance to ask their question. Roxas only shrugged.
"Thanks." He stated before Axel already created a dark portal and the duo walked through it. Roxas came out as a lion cub while Axel was nearly full aged lion. The red furred lion couldn't resist and straight off roared as loudly as he could. Roxas jumped a little in surprise and glared at the older lion. "Would you please not do that..." Roxas half growled.
"Sorry..." Axel whispered but started straight off sniffing around. "Let's find Demmy." He continued and Roxas nodded before pressing his face close to the ground in search of his friend's scent.
"Wait..." Roxas whispered after a while before raising his head and looking around. "I think I know where to find him..." He continued with a grin and started to run. Axel looked little confused at his friend but followed the nearly golden colored lion cub.
Demyx was lying on a edge of a small falling next to a slight waterfall. He sighed and closed his eyes to relax but his relaxation was short lived. The young cheetah heard two screams not too far from his place. Interested, Demyx left to find out what was going on.
The musician walked into a scene where three hyenas had corned a meerkat and a warthog to a close by tree. Those two looked quite scared. Demyx gulped but couldn't leave those two in danger. He took once a deep breath and stepped out of his hiding. "And what do you think you're doing?" Demyx questioned.
The three hyenas looked behind and snarled. Demyx gulped but stood his ground. "Leave them alone." He commanded but the dogs only laughed.
"Finish that little cat off..." One of the hyenas said and nodded to his friend. The left most hyena nodded and grinning started to walk towards Demyx. Demyx gulped but took his claws out and growled.
"You think you look tough, huh, pussy?" The hyena questioned. Demyx didn't answer but he took a step closer to the dog and kept eye on the other two. "You gotta get through me first..." The hyena smirked and the cheetah nodded.
"Fine by me..." He replied, took few fast steps forward and jumped. He landed perfectly past the hyena and jumped again. This time he bounced from the tree that was right behind the meerkat and warthog. Demyx landed right in front of the two and snarled at the hyenas. "You two... Leave now..." Demyx whispered and before he could say anything else, the cornered duo ran off.
The three hyenas weren't happy about losing their meal. "You'll pay for that!" One of the shouted and attacked. Demyx gulped and avoided the attack. The two other hyenas took into the fight too and Demyx did all he could do to avoid the claws and teeth.
But avoiding doesn't get you far. It didn't take long before one of the hyenas got a grip on Demyx's tail and pulled. The cheetah yelped and crashed to the ground. The two other hyenas attacked straight off. Demyx screamed even before the claws and teeth struck on him.
Yet, the only one who ever got his teeth on the cheetah was the one on his tail. Roxas and Axel heard Demyx's scream and ran straight to the scene. Before the two other hyenas got close enough, the two lions struck them off. "Leave him alone!" Axel roared and showed his teeth and claws to the hyenas. Roxas growled and tried to copy Axel's doing as well as he could.
The hyenas didn't need another notion. They left the second the lions came there. "Cowards!" Axel screamed after them before turning to Demyx. "You OK?" He questioned worriedly. Demyx sat up and brought his tail in front of him.
The cheetah nodded. "I think so..." He whispered while checking the tail. "So, what are you two doing here? I could've handled those three on my own too..." Demyx questioned before starting to walk towards the pond again. Roxas and Axel followed him.
"We're worried 'bout you." Roxas stated and took few faster jumps to come next to the cheetah. "Dem... What's going on?" The young lion cub questioned worriedly. Demyx sighed and lay down next to the water. Carefully Demyx lowered his tail and left front paw to the water.
"Doesn't matter..." Demyx whispered and stated to pat the water with his paw. Axel looked at the water little uncertainly but sat next to Demyx. Roxas went to lay on the other side of Demyx and looked at the cheetah's sad face.
"Dem, come on... Tell us..." Roxas half begged but Demyx only sighed. The cheetah didn't face either one of his friends. Roxas sighed before he grinned and slammed his right side's front paw into the water. The water slammed straight to Demyx's face.
The cheetah yelped and sat up real fast. The young musician glared at Roxas. The small lion cub looked little startled at his friend. It never had been any of bad thing to throw water on a water wielder. Roxas lowered his gaze to the small amount of ground under him. "I'm sorry..." He whispered.
Demyx sighed and lay back down on the ground. Axel stared quite shocked at the scene. This had never before happened. "Dem... I'll do anything if you just tell me what's going on." Axel tried desperately. Demyx sighed but glanced at the red furred lion.
"Anything?" Demyx questioned slightly frowning. The red maned lion nodded eagerly.
"Anything. Whatever you say, I'll do it no matter what it is." Axel stated firmly.
"Fine." The cheetah nodded and sat up. "I'll tell if you do one thing for me, Axel." Demyx continued and grinned a little.
Axel gulped but nodded. "Just name it..." He whispered. He wasn't fully sure whether or not he was going to like about it. Demyx's grin widened. Axel then again got little fearful of the next thing.
Demyx took a step closer to Axel and whispered something to the lion's ear. Axel gulped, glanced once at the water and sighed then. "Fine... You swear to tell what's going on after I've done it?" The fire wielder questioned slightly hesitantly. Demyx nodded.
"I swear it fully." Demyx stated and followed the lion out of behind the waterfall. Roxas followed little confused about what was going on. Axel sighed but started to head upwards from there. Demyx walked close to the water and sat down. "Rox, wait here." Demyx said when he noticed that the small lion cub would've followed the red furred one.
Roxas followed Demyx's request and sat next to the cheetah. Axel had climbed up to the same edge where Demyx had been lying on. The red furred lion sighed, took some space between himself and the fall before starting to run towards the edge. "Here goes nothing..." Axel thought hesitantly.
When he reached the edge, Axel jumped and took a firm grip on the vine hanging from one strong branch over the pond. Once over the water, Axel let go and closed his eyes tightly. "Man, I wish I could've hold on to that vine and be back to the edge... The things I do for friendship..." Axel thought while falling to the water.
Demyx watched quite shocked about Axel's stunt. "He did it... I can't believe he did it..." Demyx thought awed.
The red furred lion fell to the water and nearly straight off sprang back to the surface. He swam to the shore as fast as he could and shook the water off. Axel sat there trembling and looked at the cheetah miserably. "I really hope that was good enough show..." He whispered.
It took a while from Demyx before he walked to the lion. He snuggled next to the red maned lion before once combing his right paw through his friend's thick mane. "It was perfect..." Demyx whispered while throwing a small water ball to the pond. "I can't even believe that you really did do it..." He continued and looked quite awed at the lion.
Axel sighed and looked the cheetah straight in the eyes. "Neither can I." The lion stated and took a deep breath before continuing his talk: "Now, your part of the deal, Dem." Axel stated. The lion was actually feeling lot better now since Demyx had fully dried him.
Demyx chuckled. "You're so easy to fool..." He whispered and took some space between himself and Axel. "I wasn't depressed in the first place... Just playing off, ya know." The cheetah stated with a grin. Axel blinked few times in surprise.
"You what?" He questioned little shocked.
"I fooled ya. A prank, ya know..." Demyx told him with a wide grin.
Axel growled a little. "You... Little..." He started before lunging at the cheetah. Demyx yelped and jumped off of the way. "Stay put, you runner! I'll show you a prank!" Axel screamed and ran after the lithe cat. Demyx only laughed.
Roxas watched little surprised after his two friends and shook his head. The lion and cheetah ran around the small pond, Demyx whole time just one step away from the lion. Suddenly Demyx slipped and Axel bounced fully on the cheetah. The two of them rolled down the close by hill. Roxas ran after them slightly worried.
They stopped rolling at the end of the hill. Axel was lying on the cheetah but he sat up real fast. "You OK, Dem?" He questioned little worriedly.
Demyx chuckled and sat up too. "Yeah..." He looked at the lion. "Sorry 'bout the prank... Thought you would've been used to my little playing." Demyx continued. Axel shook his head.
"You should know that I can't tell off whether or not you're just faking something. You're way too good on that." Axel stated and pulled the cheetah into an embrace. Demyx chuckled but accepted the hug.
Roxas got down and straight off jumped on to his two friends. The three of them fell to ground laughing. The rest of the day the trio spend at the Pride Lands.
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A/N: Thanks for reading! If you red this, I'd love it if you left a slight review! Thank You! (Even flames are accepted! Though, those are going for Axel's amusement or then for Demyx to practice on. Thanks!)
If there's any ideas for pranks, I'd love to hear those so I could keep this story going!