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Under the water

It was the end of the summer, the last warm days before the storm of autumn. Demyx had managed to drag Axel to the close by beach. The Nocturne was swimming on the ocean and tried once in a while to get Axel along but that far the only answer was no. Demyx sighed, dived once and came back to the shore.

"Come on, Ax! This one time, please?" Demyx pleaded but Axel shook his head. "Pretty please?" Demyx tried again and put on the puppy-dog-eyes. Axel sighed and rolled his eyes. The red head stood up and took the coat off.

"Fine. But this is the only time. Got it memorized?" Axel said while getting ready to head to swim. Demyx squealed and dived into the water. Axel sighed. It seemed to happen each time at the end of the summer. The two of them would come to the beach and eventually Demyx gets him to the water.

Axel walked to the shore, stared at the water for a while and sighed. He shook his head and took a short sprint before diving into the water. Demyx smiled happily and dived to meet Axel underwater. In the end, the red head was having quite fun with the water wielder. Axel didn't like about the water too much but he did enjoy spending some time with Demyx.

But this time the two of them had come to the shore later than before. The beach had got already one storm few days before and now there was heading another storm which was double the strength of the first one.

In middle of a water fight Demyx stopped. Axel splashed some water on his friend's face but Demyx only shook his head and stared at the sea. "Dem?" Axel called out getting worried. "Is something wrong, Dem?" Axel asked while swimming next to his friend. Demyx blinked and frowned a little.

"Something's not right, Ax…" Demyx whispered before the first bigger waves came. "Shit! I knew we should've come few weeks ago!" Demyx screamed and started to swim back towards the shore.

Axel was quite startled. He left after his friend but the waves were making his swimming real hard. Of course, it didn't bother Demyx since he did control water. When the bigger waves came, Axel fell underwater. He freaked out which only made his situation harder.

Demyx came back to the shore and turned around. "Axel?" Demyx called out and looked around quite fearfully. "Axel!" Demyx screamed but still didn't get an answer. "SHIT! He's still somewhere in the water!" Demyx panicked and ran back to the huge waves. This time he was fighting back at the waves.

Demyx was panicking so badly that he couldn't control the water and make it easier for him to move forward. Shouting Axel's name and trying hard to find his friend, Demyx was getting whole time more worried.

When the third huge wave came over Demyx, the Nocturne was having hard time to remember that he didn't have worry about drowning. Demyx shot back up to the surface and started to cough. He was panicking and he knew that the more time he was spending on this the clearer it would be that he'd come too late to save Axel.

Axel had no idea where he was. He didn't know where was the sky and where was the ground. All he knew was that the waves were crashing him quite badly. He had already struck several times against the rocks on the water. "Shit, I just hope there won't be any sharks around…" Axel thought when he realized that he was bleeding. "Dem… Help… Please…" Axel thought when he fell underwater again.

Demyx was searching the sea and screaming his friend's name again and again. Suddenly he heard something he hadn't heard for long time. Word in the sea. "Dem…" Demyx stopped dead on his work. He looked around in panic, took once a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Axel… Where are you?" Demyx questioned worriedly.

"Help… Please… Demyx!" Demyx shot his eyes open and dived underwater. He knew exactly where Axel was and underwater it was easier to get there. Demyx didn't know how in earth had Axel manage to get so far away from the shore but he didn't dare to think about it. "Hang in there, Axel! I'm coming!" Demyx screamed through the water and praying that he'd come in time.

Axel tried hard to hold on to his conscious and keep his grip on the rock over the surface. The red head was coughing but the waves kept crashing on him, which left Axel nearly whole time half drowned. Suddenly Demyx shot up from the water right in front of him. "Axel!" Demyx shouted happily but worriedly. Axel blinked few times to fully recognize him.

"Hold on, Ax. We'll get out of here!" Demyx nearly screamed over the waves. He stayed right in front of Axel so the waves crashed on Demyx's back and wasn't that of deathly to Axel. Demyx looked around in search of some safer place.

He couldn't create a dark portal in that kind of situation. The waves would crash through it and make it dangerous. He wasn't even sure if he could get Axel into safety through it. "Axel, take a hold on me…" Demyx told him while carefully coming closer to Axel. The red head didn't complain. He circled his arms around Demyx and held on tight.

"Don't let go…" Axel whispered fearfully while closing his eyes and praying to survive alive on this.

"I won't, Ax. Don't worry." Demyx whispered back but he wasn't too sure about getting into safety. He knew few good places where they could get but then again… Getting to those places was dangerous. "Hold on…" Demyx told him and when the next huge wave came, Demyx swam along it to get some speed.

They couldn't get out of the rocky area where the waves had brought Axel. Demyx wouldn't have had any of problems of getting out but for Axel… It would be way too dangerous and the red head was even more than panicked at the time.

Demyx crashed back first against the rocks of the small cliff, which wasn't too far from the shore. Demyx cried out painfully but didn't let go of Axel. "We're almost there, Ax… Hang on..." Demyx whispered and waited for the next wave to get closer to the small cave in the cliff. The wave came and Demyx took the speed from it, managed to get easily through a corner and started to swim towards the cave.

The waves both helped and made it harder. When the wave came there, Demyx managed to get deeper inside but when the wave came out of there, the Nocturne had to hold on to something. Eventually they did get far enough into the cave that there came a small cliff where Demyx dragged both of them.

"You can let go now, Ax. We're safe." Demyx whispered while lying down to the cliff. Axel opened his eyes in the dark cave. Demyx watched at his friend from the rock with a slight smile. "We're safe, Ax." Demyx said again with a nod.

Axel sighed and lay down on the cliff next to Demyx. He closed his eyes and smiled a little. "I'm never going to swim with you ever again." He muttered while calming down from the danger. Demyx chuckled a little.

"Sorry…" He whispered and closed his eyes. Axel sighed and rolled to his back. He stared at the rocky ceiling for a while.

"When can we get the fuck out of here?" He eventually asked and glanced at his friend. "Demyx?" Axel asked worriedly and pushed himself to sit up.

Demyx looked quite pale and he seemed to be on slight pain. He was breathing a little harshly. "Dem, are you alright?" Axel asked getting whole time a little more worried.

Demyx opened his eyes and smiled a little at Axel. "Yeah." He whispered and sat up. Demyx shook his head a little and sighed. "I can't create a dark portal. Not yet at least." He whispered sadly.

"Why not? Are you sure you're alright?" Axel asked concerned. Demyx chuckled a little and nodded.

"I'm just little tired." Demyx replied. He looked at Axel slightly worried. "Can you call out your element?" The Nocturne asked frowning a little. Axel blinked, sighed and closed his eyes.

"Don't know until I try." Axel replied and snapped his fingers. But nothing happened. Axel sighed. "Guess I can't do that yet…" He replied sadly. Demyx scooted closer to Axel and brought his hand over Axel's wrist.

"You're wet and slightly cold…" He mused a little.

"Like I didn't know that…" Axel replied rolling his eyes. Demyx chuckled a little, closed his eyes and concentrated. It didn't take long before he managed to get the water off of Axel and into neat water ball.

"Now… That should help a little." Demyx said with a sad smile before throwing the ball into the water. "Now, unless you're having something against it, I'd like to get some rest…" Demyx replied and lay back down on the ground. Axel blinked at him slightly worried.

"Um… Demyx?" Axel asked while looking around the small cave and the slightly dark water.

Demyx took a deep breath and answered: "Yeah?" Axel looked at his friend and smiled a little.

"Thanks for saving my life." He said honestly. Demyx chuckled and glanced at Axel.

"Anytime, Ax, anytime." The Nocturne said with a smile. After that he yawned a little and closed his eyes again.

Axel wasn't sure how long it had taken before Demyx finally woke up again. The water seemed to have calmed down quite well. Axel himself was feeling quite dry and calm. He shuddered a little at the thought of nearly drowning. Glancing at his friend with a smile, he noticed that Demyx looked right back at him. "You finally decide to wake up, huh?" Axel asked with a smile. Demyx chuckled a little but nodded.

"Sorry…" He whispered while sitting up. "I just wonder why you haven't created a dark portal and got out of here yet?" Demyx asked. He knew that Axel could've done that already. Axel only shrugged.

"Dunno. Maybe I just didn't want to leave you alone. Maybe I didn't feel like it. Besides, I'm not even sure where we are." Axel replied. Demyx chuckled and shook his head.

"Doesn't matter where you are. You don't need to know where you are to get out of there through a dark portal, Ax." Demyx commented. Axel laughed but nodded.

"I know that. I just hope you won't say us to swim back to the shore." Axel replied but got worried when Demyx gasped in slight pain. "You OK, Demyx?" Axel asked worriedly. Demyx blinked few times but nodded.

"Just my back… I guess I hit on the rocks quite badly. What about you? You seemed to bleed a little." Demyx replied worriedly.

"Eh, I'm fine. I already checked those and it wasn't that of bad, luckily… I think I only freaked out since I was quite panicked…" Axel replied with a slight nervous chuckle and crawled behind Demyx. "Now, let me see…" He whispered while creating a small fireball to help him see better. "It's not that bad. It probably would be good idea to check up on Vexen just in case. That is for both of us." Axel said while seeing the several wounds on Demyx's back.

Demyx nodded. "So, you wanna first get back to the shore and check where we actually are right now or do you want us to head straight to Vexen's?" Demyx asked. Axel thought for a while.

"Guess it would be good to check the shore and this place first." Axel replied. Demyx nodded and created a dark portal.

"Let's go then." He said with a nod and walked through it. Axel followed real close. They came out on the shore. Luckily the waves hadn't taken their stuff off. "Get your clothes and follow me." Demyx said while gathering his own clothes. After that they walked to the cliff not too far from the shore.

"We were under this cliff, Ax." Demyx explained while looking down to the water. Axel was little awed.

"Really now?" He asked with a grin. Demyx nodded. "You think we could check the cave someday?" Axel asked slightly hopeful. Demyx laughed.

"Sure. That is, if you're willing to get into water with me ever again." Demyx replied with a grin. Axel blushed a little.

"Sorry 'bout the words…" He whispered. Demyx chuckled and shook his head.

"It's nothing. Just forget it. You were panicking and all… I can understand it. I panicked too." Demyx replied and created a dark portal back to the castle. "So, let's get this adventure to end, shall we?" He asked with a smile. Axel nodded and followed Demyx through the portal to get check up on Vexen.

THE END

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