This is my second Kingdom Hearts story. This came up as I was trying to write chapters for the other stories I have. Anyway, here it is.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Kingdom Hearts...
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Demyx wandered around Organization XIII's castle. He was bored…again. Demyx sighed. Most of the members had gone off on missions, so he didn't have anyone to bother. Demyx walked awhile longer, until he entered a large, open room. "..." Had this room been there before? It was way too quiet.
Demyx smiled and summoned his sitar. Maybe he could entertain himself by playing some music and getting water all over the place. That would probably tick Xemnas off, but it was his own fault for leaving him with nothing to do.
Demyx tuned the sitar, then began to play it. "Dance water dance!"
Water formed, obeying the order. Soon, the whole room was very wet, with only a few places remaining untouched.
Demyx turned his attention to a strange looking metal box (Vexen had told him something about a machine, or computer or something like that. He hadn't really paid attention). Demyx directed water towards it, wondering if anything would happen to it.
Suddenly, the water froze, inches from the machine.
Demyx blinked in suprise. He tried once more, but again the water froze. Each time Demyx attempted to get water on the machine (from different directions), it froze. Demyx felt uneasy, and decided that it was probably a good idea to get out of the room. Demyx fled towards the nearest door, only to find that it was frozen shut. Demyx let out a nervous laugh.
"What do you think you are doing?" A voice asked.
Demyx turned around, and found Vexen standing several paces away, frowning. "Heh...Hi Vexy...didn't see you there..."
Vexen approached Demyx slowly. "Do you happen to know what this room is for?" He asked softly.
Demyx backed away. "N...No..." His back bumped into the wall as Vexen continued to walk towards him.
Vexen halted a few feet from the now cowering sitar player. "It happens to be one of the labs I use for experiments...and you've ruined most of it!" Vexen said angrily.
Demyx held his sitar close, wondering what Vexen would do next. 'How was I supposed to know it was a lab?' Demyx thought. The room was feeling a lot colder now. Demyx heard a snap, and dove to the side in time to avoid an icicle that dropped where he had just been standing.
"C...Calm down..." Demyx said, shaking slightly. The room was definatly much colder now. Before waiting to see what Vexen might do next, Demyx started playing his sitar, and caused water to form over Vexen's head.
Vexen merely froze it before it could hit him, as he seemed to contemplate Demyx.
'Well...that didn't work too well...' Demyx really didn't like the way Vexen was looking at him, so he moved towards the other side of the room, sending more water at Vexen as he did.
Vexen kept freezing the water Demyx sent at him as the sitar player looked desperatly for an exit. 'Why doesn't he just make a portal to escape?' Vexen wondered. He then started to send attacks of his own, supressing a laugh. As Demyx dodged the attacks, it looked like he was dancing.
Two minutes later, most of the room was now covered in ice, and Demyx found it more and more difficult to find a place to stand where he wouldn't slip. The thought of creating a portal hadn't even crossed his mind.
"What's going on he...aahh!" Larxene entered the room, only to slip on the ice covering the floor. She got up carefully, brushing off her cloak. Larxene looked at Vexen, then Demyx, and back to Vexen. "What are you doing?" She demanded.
"Demyx was in here, drenching everything within eyesight for some reason." Vexen answered. He whipped around and froze Demyx, so that only his upper body was unfrozen.
Demyx gulped as Vexen approached him. 'Why doesn't he slip?' He wondered miserably.
"What do you think the punishment should be for ruining someone else's room?" Vexen asked cooly.
Larxene slid over and grabbed Demyx's half frozen sitar to keep herself upright. She took out a kunai and twirled it, smiling evilly. "I think it's whatever you think is right." She looked down along the blade at Demyx. "As long as I can join in on the fun."
Demyx gulped and tried in vain to break free of the ice. He didn't want to think what Vexen and Larxene could do to him. Demyx struggled even more when he saw that Vexen and Larxene seemed to have decided how to punish him.
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Half a day later...
"Has anyone seen Demyx?" Xibar asked as he walked around the castle. No one seemed to know. Xibar bumped into Axel, who was looking around, tense. "Have you seen Demyx?"
"Why are you looking for him?" Axel asked.
"Xemnas wants to see him. Something about a mission." Xibar replied.
Axel crossed his arms and thought for a moment. "I think he's in his room..." Axel paused as he caught sight of Roxas sneaking along the edge of the castle's wall. "Hey, Roxas!"
Roxas jumped, saw Axel, then ran off.
Axel and Xibar stared. "What's wrong with him?" Axel asked.
Xibar shook his head, but before he could say anything, there was a loud crash.
"AXEL! Where are you?!" A voice roared.
Axel flinched, then ran after figuring out which direction the yell had come from. "See you!" He called to Xibar as he went.
Xibar watched as Marluxia and Saix pursued the fire user, their weapons out. Xibar shook his head and headed for Demyx's room. He should have checked there in the first place. Xibar frowned as he walked. Was Demyx all right? Wasn't he usually around, playing his sitar or pestering the other members? Xibar halted outside of Demyx's room, and knocked on the door.
No answer.
Xibar entered the room, and found Demyx sitting on his bed, staring at the ground blankly. That was weird. "Demyx?" Xibar asked.
Demyx twitched but otherwise remained where he was.
Xibar blinked. "..." Demyx, not talking or moving about? What was wrong with him? "Xemnas wants to see you, about the mission you had with Vexen..."
Demyx let out a strangled cry and dove beneath the bed.
'What the?' Xibar knelt down and looked underneath the bed, to see Demyx huddled there, shaking. Xibar sighed. "Are you all right?"
Demyx shook his head furiously.
Xibar managed to coax Demyx out from underneath the bed, and back onto the bed. "What happened?" Xibar asked.
Demyx opened his mouth to speak, but closed it and shook his head.
Xibar sighed. What had Vexen done to him? "It's all right Demyx...tell me, what did Vexen do?"
"N...not just Vexen...Larxene..." Demyx answered in a small voice, before falling silent again, shuddering.
"Let me guess...you did something to irritate Vexen, so he did something to you, and Larxene happened to be there?" Xibar asked.
Demyx nodded miserably.
Xibar sighed again, then patted Demyx on the head. "I'll go speak with Xemnas, you stay here." Xibar turned to leave, but stopped as Demyx latched onto one of his arms.
"Don't leave me here alone." Demyx pleaded in a quiet voice.
Xibar released his arm. "Then come with me to see Xemnas." He left the room, followed closely by Demyx, who looked around a lot, as though expecting something to jump out of nowhere and attack him.
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Zexion headed for Xemnas' room, walking past Axel and Marluxia, who were doing stuff to annoy Saix, who looked about ready to go berserk. Zexion walked a little more quickly as Saix snapped and chased after Axel and Marluxia, who were now calling for help. Zexion shook his head. 'They were asking for it...'
Zexion joined Xibar and Demyx outside of Xemnas' room. "What's wrong with him?" Zexion asked, eyeing Demyx, who was clutching one of Xibar's arms again, looking around nervously.
Xibar shook his head. "Vexen and Larxene did something to him."
"Hmm." Zexion looked at Demyx again, who avoided eye contact.
After knocking on the door, all three entered the room.
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Xemnas glanced up as he saw them enter. "What took you so long?" He asked Xibar.
"Demyx had an unpleasent encounter with Vexen and Larxene." Xibar replied.
Xemnas sighed. "What did they do?"
Demyx shook his head. "They said they'd do worse things if I told anyone." Demyx answered nervously.
Xemnas shook his head. "Xibar. Zexion...find Larxene and Vexen...bring them here. Demyx, you stay here."
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Larxene and Vexen cast unfriednly looks in Demyx's direction after filling Xemnas in with what they had done. It had involved Vexen dismembering several small, cute, fuzzy animals in front of Demyx, for a 'scientific experiment'. Larxene had poked Demyx with her kunai whenever he tried to look away or make any noise.
Demyx had been set free, with Vexen warning him not to wreck any more of his labs, or he'd 'experiment' on him the next time.
Demyx had fled, finally remembering that he could escape through a portal.
Xemnas, after hearing this, sent Larxene and Vexen out on a mission, and ordered that Xibar and Axel to keep an eye on Demyx.
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Demyx was in a group meeting area, playing his sitar and singing along softly. He was trying to get the horrible images out of his head, wondering if he'd be able to sleep tonight. Demyx shuddered as he remembered what Vexen had done to a rabbit, the words "Do you like the guts, heart or liver?" still clear in his mind.
Axel and Xibar were nearby, watching Luxlord, Lexaeus and Xaldin playing poker.
Demyx had calmed down a bit more, since Larxene and Vexen were gone for now. He kept playing the sitar. Why were they mean to him? Demyx faltered as he saw Larxene and Vexen enter the room. Demyx quickly created a portal and fled through it.
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Later that night...
Demyx attempted to fall asleep, but couldn't, since he stiil had the images in his mind, and thought that he could be attacked at any moment. Demyx sighed miserably, but drifted to sleep anyway.
Larxene entered Demyx's room, watching him for a moment. Vexen may have been done punishing him, but she wanted to punish Demyx a bit more. Larxene readied a kunai, but jumped backwards as something hit the ground several inches from her feet. Larxene glanced up and saw Xibar hanging upside down in the air, his weapon aimed at her.
"Now that I have your attention, leave." Xibar ordered.
Larxene glared at him, but turned and left the room, huffing in disappointment.
Xibar made sure she was gone, then turned his attention to Demyx. "See? Now go to sleep."
Demyx opened one eye to glance up at Xibar. It was weird seeing someone hanging upside down with nothing. Demyx yawned, then settled into bed more comfortably. "Okay, thanks...Xibar..." Demyx drifted to sleep. He didn't have to worry about being attacked in his sleep now.
Xibar got to the ground, and rested in a nearby chair. Why did he have to stay up all night? There was crashing outside the room, with Axel's voice audible.
"Saix! Marluxia! Come on, it was just a joke."
There was more crashing, then a high pitched shriek.
"Oh no! You got Roxas!" Someone yelled.
Xibar shook his head. It was going to be a long night.
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So, what did you think about this story? Please review and let me know! I'd appreciate any comments. I wasn't sure about the genre, but oh well. Also not sure whether this'll be a one shot or not. I'm still trying to update my profile as often as possible for any updates or delays on current stories.