Chapter 15: What Do We Have Here?
There was a yelp followed by a splash of water taking out a small heartless.
Demyx ran to avoid any more from attacking him and groaned. He hated doing missions.
He ran around a corner and into an alley, ten more heartless popping up as his Sitar automatically appeared in his hand.
"Oh, screw me." he said, opening a dark portal and hopping through. He walked calmly, still on the look out for anything else. Sometimes heartless attacked in the portals.
"I warned Saix that I wasn't up for this today." Demyx said to himself. "I just want to..."
He stopped, noticing something odd about the portal. There was a hole that seemed to be shining with light. The blonde stepped up to it and looked around before sticking a hand into it. His face lit up once he realized his arm went straight through.
"Looks like I found something fun to do."
Samantha slammed the door behind her. Everyone except Axel jumped into alertness.
"Well isn't that just cute?" she shrieked. Ariel glared at her, it was way too early to be so loud.
"Good morning to you too, Samantha." Zexion said sharply, rubbing his eyes. Tyler was blushing from waking up basically wrapped in the boy's arms.
"Tyler, I'm home now. Meaning you should get out and be out by the time I get back downstairs." Samantha said, storming up the steps.
"What the fuck?" Tyler said. "How rude."
"What is her problem? She has issues to work out." Ariel said, nudging at Axel lightly with her foot. As if an instant reflex, the redhead gripped her foot and rolled over, pulling the girl down to the floor.
"Ouch… what gives?" he said groggily when Ariel landed roughly onto his side. He was very warm. Ariel blushed and got off him while Tyler laughed like it was the most hilarious thing she ever witnessed.
"Hey, be quiet." Ariel said, pulling out her phone and waving it. Tyler blinked at her, confused.
"What's on your phone?" she asked. Ariel just stuck out her tongue and put the phone away.
"Way to sleep through World War III by the way." Tyler said to Axel.
"Wha?" he said, in the middle of going back to sleep. Zexion threw a pillow at him.
"The source of all my discomfort." he said as explanation.
"Samantha? What did she… oh…" Realization hit the suddenly awake Axel. Once it did, he laughed causing a glare from Zexion.
"What's so funny?" Tyler asked.
"Um, nothing…" Zexion said, thinking about how she had reacted to Larxene flirting with him once. Would she even react now?
"Yeah, nothing except throwing herself at Zexion when no one's looking." Axel left.
"Oh." was all Tyler said, moving away from Zexion. It was subtle but noticeable to him. "Hey, Tsuin, maybe we should get going."
"Now? Oh, okay." Ariel said, standing up. Zexion glared at Axel who just smiled back.
"It worked didn't it?" he mouthed before saying out loud, "Ah come on, Samantha is just a lunatic. Stay awhile."
"Showers. More clothes. Etcetera…" Tyler mumbled, standing up. Zexion grabbed her hand.
"Will you come back?" he asked, looking directly in her eyes. Tyler's eyes widened before she looked away quickly.
"Maybe." she answered, looking toward her best friend.
Axel stood up and put an arm around Ariel.
"Well I don't know about them, but, I would love to see you again." he said, flashing a smile. Ariel felt her face heat up and looked at Tyler.
Zexion suppressed a smile, they always checked things with each other.
"Um… how about we meet you guys somewhere else?" Ariel suggested.
"Yeah. That's good." Axel said, with a little too much excitement.
"Except we do not have communication devices. Samantha only has her own." Zexion said.
"Communication devices?" Tyler repeated with amusement.
"Right… I forgot about that. All because Zex here is allergic to them." Axel said, shooting a look at the other boy.
"Allergic to a cell phone?" Tyler was having a hard time processing the information. Zexion's face had turned pink and his fist was covering his mouth, eyes cast to the side.
Ariel noticed his embarrassment and quickly moved the subject.
"Well, why don't you just have one Axel? That wouldn't affect Zexion." she inquired.
"It would because none of us could get one if- uh…" the redhead trailed off and scratched his head. Ariel looked at him quizzically.
"Large family." Zexion said as explanation.
"You two are brothers?" she asked, surprised.
"No!" they shouted in unison.
"Um…. well…. I mean…" Axel decided to stop speaking again. Zexion cleared his throat and looked at a random wall.
"Look, we'll figure out the phone situation and contact you guys." Axel suggested. Ariel and Tyler agreed, giving their phone numbers and leaving the house.
Axel plopped down next to Zexion and gave him a five.
"Okay, so, no Riku there." Roxas said once he and Sora got back on the Gummi Ship. Sora shook his head.
"I don't understand…" he said sadly.
A sudden surge of sadness hit Roxas right in the chest. He grabbed at where his heart would be.
'Is this how Sora feels right now?'
Not liking the feeling, Roxas decided to change the subject.
"Hey! I haven't started fading or anything weird." he said, brightly. That seemed to perk the brunette back up.
"Wow, you haven't. What does this mean though?" he wondered aloud.
"It means we can act like demented twins and terrorize the others." Roxas suggested with a devious smirk. Sora mocked the grin.
"Well, that means we have to head back to the Castle, now doesn't it?"