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I'm alive! Sorry about that guys, I've been spending time with my loved ones lately… I'm back in action… I hope…
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Neo: Axel is a pervert and must pay for his evil doings eventually.
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Some Random Reviewer: Gosh, this may be one of my latest updates yet. Glad you liked the Vexen and Axel thing… I like to leave Axel beatings up to the imagination if you know what I mean. And yes… you do have a Quall sighting. I love Qualls. I can't resist temptation!
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Holy crap…that's a lot of reviews… I should update like this more often! I'm sure you guys will love this title.
Chapter 16: Return to Oblivion, Part I
It had been at least a day since the horrid movie theater scene. Poor Iris had locked herself in her room, only coming out for dinner and breakfast. Irvine had come over to check on her since she wasn't answering any of his phone calls, but she had ignored him and yelled at him, telling him to leave. After a few attempts, Irvine left, going God knows where. Naminé had attempted to break through Iris' door with Roxas' help but Iris had knocked Roxas out as soon as he stepped into her room.
Axel was no help… like that was a surprise.
"Well, look at the bright side…" Sora began, watching T.V. with his girl, Naminé and Roxas. "We can hopefully correct the Axel problem while Iris has locked herself in her room." He shuffled his big clown shoes on the coffee table, attempting to become more comfortable.
Roxas frowned, remembering what Sora had told him. "I guess we could. But, its not like anyone on Destiny Islands is going to have an antidote to a love potion. Especially for one of Vexen's creations." The blonde double pointed out.
The group sighed heavily, hanging their shoulders forward in a depressing manner. "Well… I just think Iris is doomed to love Axel forever." Larxene finally said, her fist under her chin. "I mean, how bad could it get if she loved him?"
"Oh, please!" Naminé said. "Axel would find another good looking chick and go straight for her. And what would that do? That would be a reminder of Irvine to which would cause Iris to be locked in her room for countless hours!"
"Point taken." Larxene sighed.
"If you want to rid her of me that badly, just go back to Oblivion."
Roxas looked back towards the entrance of the living room and gasped. "Axel! You would really let us do that?"
The pyro took a few steps forward and plopped himself in a chair right across from Sora. "Eh… I'm not ready to commit yet…"
"Like he'll ever be ready." Naminé whispered to Larxene, giggling quietly to herself. The other blonde nodded in agreement, grinning as she looked back at Axel. "That… and we don't trust you for a second. You were the one stupid enough to lose to Kara in strip poker…"
"I let her win!"
"Yeah, right…"
Sora shook his head, trying to wipe the memory of his mother's win. "Ugh…please, lets just shut up about that already! Roxas, could you create a portal to Castle Oblivion?"
Roxas scratched the back of his head. "Sorry, I've never been to Oblivion before… Besides, wouldn't Vexen's potions be old by now? You know… like expired?" He asked.
Axel shook his head. "Psh, yeah right. Vexen always kept his cures in that mini fridge in his closet. Right underneath where he put his extra cloaks…" Larxene quirked an eyebrow at him as did everyone else, wondering how he knew such a fact. "Uh… He told me." He smoothly added at the end.
"Uh huh…" Larxene kept her emerald gaze on the man, beginning to wonder if what she had told Axel was really true. "Listen, I was just teasing…but if you need to tell me something…"
Axel ignored Larxene and quickly looked towards Roxas. "Buddy, you've been to Oblivion before!" He said eagerly, hoping to change the subject. "Don't you remember those nights where you would sneak in right when it was dark and- MMPH!" Roxas had his hand over Axel's mouth and pulled him away from the group.
"Okay… anyway… how are we going to get to Oblivion? If it even exists anymore since we beat Xemnas." Sora said again, looking between his friends.
"Well, how about this? I'll take Axel and we'll go investigate to make sure if it is still there…" Larxene suggested as she stood up again. Sora nodded in agreement and watched as Larxene walked over to where Roxas and Axel stood, bickering. "I'm sorry, Roxy, but I'll be stealing Axel for a moment, you can continue this later," Larxene winked before dragging Axel away from the boy. She stopped for a moment and just seemed to stare at the wall.
"What are you waiting for?" Axel asked, as he broke free of Larxene's grasp.
"I wonder… do you think we lost our powers when we faded?" Larxene asked, tilting her head to the side to ponder this.
"That's right. It could be a possibility that we did lose our powers… But I can still summon my weapons," Axel said as he held out his right hand, one of his weapons appearing in his hand in a burst of flame. "And I know you can…" He briefly remembered their fight when they came to Destiny Islands. It wasn't a pretty sight… But meeting Selphie later made the battle damn well worth it!
Larxene ran a hand through her hair and shrugged. "Well… if we try to summon the darkness, we could fail miserably and who knows what would happen!"
"Right, right… I vote that you try it out. The ladies still need me." The red head began to walk away from Larxene, but was dragged back quickly.
"Nuh uh! If anyone's making a sacrifice, its you!" Larxene pushed him into a corner and blocked all of the exits with streams of lightning pouring through them. "Do it now," She ordered, pointing her newly summoned kunai at him.
The pyro gulped. "Alright, alright…" He said smoothly. "I'll do it, just put the kunai down…" Larxene complied a little to his wishes, backing away but never putting her weapon down. Axel took a deep breath and concentrated; trying to summon the dark portal the Organization member's usually used. Darkness began to form at his feet and Axel suddenly let out a shriek of pain and fell to the floor, the darkness at his feet disappearing.
"You okay?" Larxene asked as she knelt down by his side, looking down at him curiously.
All of a sudden, Axel's hand shot up and groped her breast. "Yeah, thanks for asking, babe! See you later!" Axel disappeared into a dark corner leaving Larxene in the room alone. Her fists cracked and her kunai's appeared between her fingers…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAXXXXXXXXXXXXXEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLL!"
Sora looked up, hearing Larxene's yell. Namine peeked into the room and looked at Roxas who had dropped the glass of lemonade he was holding. "Uh… next room…" He mumbled while pointing at the room Larxene and Axel were in. Namine blinked and bit her tongue to ask the question she had wanted to ask earlier about Roxas and Castle Oblivion. She was more curious about what Axel had done now. Namine passed Roxas as she was heading to the next room and stepped in cautiously.
"Larxene…?" Namine called out and gasped at the scene. Kunai's were impaled everywhere, the walls, the furniture, even Kara's plant that was in the corner. 'That'll lead to another cat fight later… Note to self… make bets…' Namine found Larxene breathing heavily in the center of the room. "Ah, Larxene?"
The former Savage Nymph looked up, "That Axel… Namine, I'm going to kill him…"
"I won't stop you," Namine said as she examined the room. "Anyway, did it work? Will we be able to go back to Oblivion?"
"Yeah, I believe so…" Larxene held out her hand, summoning a portal of darkness in front of her. "Get the others, I'll go on ahead and leave it open." She said before stepping into it. As expected, she appeared in Castle Oblivion… but it wasn't exactly the same…
The halls, which used to hold shine, were now dusty. The glass flowers and statues Marluxia had lying around were broken or dirty, the broken pieces lying on the floor. "Ew… I thought for sure this place would be destroyed or something… It looks pretty dirty now…" She said to herself, running her finger over one of the glass statues near her, but as she did so it broke off and fell to the floor, shattering into pieces. "Hm… now that Marly is gone… I can…" She grinned and reached over the glass flowers again…
"Whoa, it worked!" Sora cheered as he glanced around to the once, glamorous Oblivion. "Not what it used to look like… but…"
Namine nodded. "Indeed… not a pleasant scene…" She glanced at Roxas who seemed to be avoiding her gaze now. "Anyway, what floor are we on?"
"You can't tell?" Larxene asked.
"Well each floor pretty much looked the same! Except for the top floor and the floor where Zexion used to hang out…"
The other blonde blinked. "We're on floor three. We have to go down to the basement to get to Vexen's lab…" The group groaned, their shoulder's drooping downwards. "Cheer up… think of it as exercise!" Larxene chirped as she disappeared down the first flight of steps downward.
"What's up with her?" Sora arched an eyebrow after Larxene.
"She's probably thinking the sooner she gets this over with, the faster she'll be able to kill Axel when we get back…" Namine explained, following after Larxene now. "Come on boys, we got a long way to go…"
Roxas and Sora shrugged and followed after the two girls.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?!" Kara screamed. Upon entering the back room of the house, she found kunai's impaled everywhere, with sparks of electricity remaining. Dante came running in a few minutes later and sighed, seeing Kara mourning the loss of her rose. "Noo…"
"Don't worry, Honey, I'll get you a new one." He assured softly as the stem finally double over do the kunai in its stem.
Well, that's the chapter. I'll finish up their visit to Oblivion in the next chapter. Again, I apologize for my lack in updates for the past months. I'm back now.