Posts [No Posting Please]

[Kenarox]

Searching for a Purpose...
There's no Question
Your The Answer...
I Will FinÐ You...

I'll †aK3 AwAy †H3 PaiiN I've AFFLICT3D on †H3 WorLÐ
But I'll NeV3R ReGReT a †HiiNG I've ÐonE++

"IgNi†e †H3 Pas†. Le† †H3 BriiÐGEs Burn."

AnÐ Le† uS BuilÐ from †H3 ASHES_____________________________+

A sharp inhale of breath is what Axis received when his captor tugged his arm back, a sign that the first floor was not meant to be his. He cut his eyes down to his holder for the short duration of the trip up another level, to his correct location. As he was pulled forward as he had been for some time now, he noted that she lead him somewhat gentler, but Axis would have preferred to have his hand let go of all together. But he couldn't be mad at them for not trusting him, after all his stubborn side still held a taste of distrust for the group. Which seemed to slowly be fading away.

When Axis first caught sight of the Hypello, kinder memories of a better past flowed into his mind, but then they were quickly forced out and pushed to the back of his mind when looked off to the side while the sphere hunter talked to her barkeep. A few things had already been forced off his train of thought when he had come in contact with the group. His first being with the blue man that now did his job below Axis... His eyes had moved to follow the creature when it moved to go get the supplies only then and returned his gaze to his new scenery, quickly noting the room he stood in had more of a homey feel about it than other airships he had been on had.

His attention was averted from the layout of the cabin back to his aggravating captor as his arm was yanked and pulled yet again, forcing him to follow. The command of him to sit irked him a little on the inside, but he ignored it as he did what he was told, plopping himself down on the couch.

He looked up to her, then to his own arm, back up to the medical supplies she carried and then back to her. His right, injured, arm dropped it's weapon first, the left quickly following its other, both resulting in rather large thuds. It felt good to be relived of their weight for once, or at least it did for the damaged. What she did with his defenses really didn't matter, if their distrust of him was so strong, they could take them away if they wished. Just as long as no real harm fell upon them he'd be alright... And yet again he found himself finding he was pretty powerless on their own ship.He leaned forward and placed his elbows on his knees as he did so, a sigh of some kind of acceptance whisped past parted lips.

"You know what your doing, right?" he asked curiously. Axis knew he'd be at a loss if he were in her shoes. But no real harm could come from what ever mistakes she could make. Or so he had forced himself to think over and over again.

[Kenarox]

Ev3N †H3 AnG3Ls KING and CRuaSÐ3r HaV3 †H3IR LIMITS

//In †Hos3 ÐeSPERAT3 TiiM3s

"We'LL 3nÐ †H3 ÐeSPERAT3 TiiM3s

3v3N IF tH3 WorLÐ is s3† ABLAZE

AnÐ w3 Hav3 †0 ÐoUS3 tH3 FLAM3s wii†H †EARs++"

OuR R3vELA†iion is †H3 BegiNing of 3nÐs++

"I guess you can call it Sin. But it's not the original..."Kuro replied to half of her questions, his voice less annoyed and carried a more normal pitch this time around. His reply may have led some to think he knew more than he claimed to. Or either that he had just simply stated the obvious. Which ever she picked to believe didn't really matter. Her going back to the Farplane would have wiped out any chances of her decision affecting anyone all together, if not the two she now spoke to. Kuro's mindset wasn't on keeping her from going as much as it was from him getting out.

"I'm sure you wouldn't want to see your sister if she ha-- Is... In the Farplane." Zerves said with the same intent and voice of kindness, but he had stepped up the level of what could be called aggressiveness. He had almost erred in using a past tense term as if her sister had gone somewhere else too. Zerves didn't doubt that she didn't catch his slip up, but he thought she could find the reason why he could start to make such a claim. After all, she'd seen the Farplane. Right?

Both of them looked away from the seemingly suicidal girl and up above her into the darkness of the tunnel. The faint sound of a roar or any other sign of unfriendliness echoed down to their direction, almost unheard. If the either of the two been flapping their gums they may not have heard their warning. Just how much time they still had left or if anything was in fact coming their way just yet couldn't be determined, but neither of which liked the sound made by the unknown.

The two divine creatures looked down to the young girl, one pair of eyes half hidden but yet remained same, the other pair holding more of a mocking gesture. The tanned ones next words reflected the feeling his crimson eyes gave off quite well too.

"So... You going back?" The taunting in his voice couldn't help but be felt.

[Kenarox]

Searching for a Purpose...
There's no Question
Your The Answer...
I Will FinÐ You...

I'll †aK3 AwAy †H3 PaiiN I've AFFLICT3D on †H3 WorLÐ
But I'll NeV3R ReGReT a †HiiNG I've ÐonE++

"IgNi†e †H3 Pas†. Le† †H3 BriiÐGEs Burn."

AnÐ Le† uS BuilÐ from †H3 ASHES_____________________________+

Axis's eyes followed his arm as it was gently moved over to his savior (maybe that was an overstatement). For the first time he intentionally had laid eyes on his own wound, finding it to be pretty much what he had thought it to be. Or at least in the same category. Not too bad, but it couldn't be called nothing. He was sure the potion would take care of it in due time though. Too bad he forgot about the cleansing it needed.

As the potion was thrust into his hand, he didn't hesitate too long before woofing it down in a few swings, making sure to keep the arm being worked on rather still as he drank the small amount of liquid the bottle had held. Golden eyes didn't wander back down to his injury after her initial reassurance until he had heard the sound of opening packages, which brought his gaze down to the girl's new location, which had just added a little bit of extra cautiousness to the almost overly cautious mind. The word mostly being mentioned later didn't help any bit either. But it's order had probably worked out for the best.

At least she had given him a heads up before pressing the disinfecting wipe to his arm. He just kept looking at the arm waiting for contact, not all too intensely, he was only human and his knowledge of the stuff didn't hadn't noted many fond experiences. The sting wasn't as bad as when he received the large cut, but it always seemed to be close or worse to the first pain felt. Axis didn't see the logic in something hurting to making things feel better, but it in fact did. Some things just worked that way.

Axis's arm tensed with the contact, he had resisted the instinctual urge to pull away as he continued to keep the arm still. Jerking it away would have caused him nothing but more agony he was sure. A small exhale of relief that could barely even be heard by the one taking in the air so silently crept out of the small gap between his lips.

Holding onto the empty potion bottle loosely in his good hand, not wanting to litter as a guest in their what could be considered a home, he looked forward, as he was sure there was nothing else he really needed to worry his head about. Well at least not pertaining to his arm. He still had plenty to be worried about.

"I doubt they're going to be too friendly with you guys anymore, you know?" he asked curiously, his question of course speaking of Bevelle. He didn't know if that was true for a fact since the command may have varied from someone underground or someone above. It could very well be either or with ease. Maybe their so called friendship with Baralai, better yet the world, would get their names cleared or protected (from the underground) a little bit. To what extent he wasn't exactly sure of though.

[Kenarox]

Ev3N †H3 AnG3Ls KING and CRuaSÐ3r HaV3 †H3IR LIMITS

//In †Hos3 ÐeSPERAT3 TiiM3s

"We'LL 3nÐ †H3 ÐeSPERAT3 TiiM3s

3v3N IF tH3 WorLÐ is s3† ABLAZE

AnÐ w3 Hav3 †0 ÐoUS3 tH3 FLAM3s wii†H †EARs++"

OuR R3vELA†iion is †H3 BegiNing of 3nÐs++

Determination and bravery can make for a deadly combo, but then it can also turn into unknowing stupidity and foolish consequences and deadliness instead going to the holder of such brave arms and swords. A life being foolishly taken usually the consequence more often than not. Even the seemingly cold hearted brute that mocked her now did not like to see lives thrown away. Especially not when such horrible things were happening to those already past.

The oddly covered hand lifted, metallic clawed fingers lazily dipping, but they strayed fairly off what could have been the mark of the woman in front of him. The orange flame seemed to pull out of his flesh in the blink of an eye, as the searing magic ran just as quickly down the arm, it mixed with red, letting it don a more proper image that could even represent the gods fire.

The flames slid with grace off of plated fingers with a roar, the green wall scorching without catching as they swiftly flew forward for some time before sliding down to the ground, behind the girl that stood farther from the tunnels opening, creating another wall of flame much like the one left behind and roaring with just as much ferocity as the first. The smug face once worn had been replaced by one of seriousness and stern resolve. She could still go back if she wanted to. She'd just wind up dying to flames earlier on than if she was to reach his... Or instead of being ripped apart by savage fiends freed into the plane of the living.

"The sacrifice of a life does not always result in salvation..." his words also going with the change of his body's facial language to a more mellow tone. His already errie eyes holding their own serious composition as they looked into hers, half lidded.

[Kenarox]

Searching for a Purpose...
There's no Question
Your The Answer...
I Will FinÐ You...

I'll †aK3 AwAy †H3 PaiiN I've AFFLICT3D on †H3 WorLÐ
But I'll NeV3R ReGReT a †HiiNG I've ÐonE++

"IgNi†e †H3 Pas†. Le† †H3 BriiÐGEs Burn."

AnÐ Le† uS BuilÐ from †H3 ASHES_____________________________+

The victim of the criminal name calling and titling didn't necessarily like it all too much, but he pushed the matter aside and took in her words. When she pressed the bandage against the wound he was once again hit with a wavering, slightly less painful discomfort, one that didn't cause him to tense his arm as much as it had before the potion and disinfectant had been added into the equation.

His ears of course caught more of her words while his parifials caught the face of dislike she showed towards Bevelle. Oddly the trauma felt better as the gauze was tightly wrapped around the wound, numbing the pain in a way familiar to Axis. Axis really hadn't been alone for too many of the most dangerous things he'd been through excluding a few of course here and there, but it seemed he might as well have for the many times he had to repair himself. The others round him kept to themselves as he kept to him, of course helping hands were lent whenever the rare and more serious matters would pop up, but luckily few to no damage going much more farther than cuts and gashes thankfully, rather than he and company be greeted by maulings and maimings in their place.

"So... Just what are you going to do with me after you get the sphere? If I let you get it..." he asked in a somewhat lazy tone, when he looked over to eyes that had looked to his pocket before off to something else. His face didn't hold onto completely serious or playful. Axis himself didn't even know if the statement could have been considered a joke or not... (the last part could seem more like the start of a bargain rather than just witty banter... He knew it really wasn't up for debate now though.) He of course would like to know his current fate.

[Kenarox]

↓

•►0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

Golden eyes seemed to pierce through the eternally dark sky of The World that Never was but failed and only met more darkness... Nothing.He saw not a star, not a spec, not a shimmer, not a flicker... Only darkness. The florescent lights of Dark City shone as bright as ever for nobody below. You'd think in a world of nothing but nothing, nobody would find it's way down there. But no one ever did. Axis wasn't hopelessly star gazing into the darkness in hope of a simple twinkling little star to finally bless what ever space surrounded his home. No instead, he was lost in thought, painting images on the dark sky before him rather than just looking blankly into darkness as he usually did upon the roof of the white castle. He laid on his side, a fairly long leg stretched out to it's full extent while the other bent ,not having the satisfaction of stretching out for the sake of the owner's comfort.

A cloaked elbow rested on the pavement as his other arm rested upon the leg separated from it's other. Hands that had done many things from valiant to vile where hidden from view and only the simple shape of them could be made out while they were concealed behind black gloves of leather and fitted slightly loose around the wrist, as if not to suffocate the all too important tools of a crusader. A chest cased in a simple, tightly fitting black cloak rose and fell with a deep sigh, the cloths shade of black almost rivaling the forever night sky he sat under. Long sapphire bangs fell over his shoulders, almost completely hiding the silver laces of his attire. From parted lips, frost could be seen escaping from his mouth in a puff or wisp of a light blue mist. It always felt good to him when it was released from who knew where within him. He loved the feeling of how it trickled up his throat in a comforting breath of cold air. He had seen the mist bring most things to freeze or shiver, but to Axis it was nothing more than comforting. The mist slowly moved back to greet his face, giving it the same chilly embrace before dissipating into the nothingness.

The simplest things brought on more things for him to think of. For instance, now he was thinking of why he had could create something when he had been told he was nothing. Or was the essence he created and easily controlled nothing too? Totally off topic from recent thoughts of how he couldn't feel and yet acted like he could upon what could be called instinct. That made him realize how even farther from a human he was. His mind always went through loops like this. Forever arguing and questioning everything. And even nothing could be everything... He brought a gloved hand up to support his head, cat like eyes peering through a gap he created in between the middle and index fingers, the middle finger resting comfortably on the bridge of his nose while the ring finger rested on his upper lip, and the pinky laid itself on the thin crease that was his mouth.

Slowly the lids of his eyes dropped lazily over his eyes, an obvious sign of what he was about to do. It had been peaceful as it normally was, maybe a few disturbances had popped up here in there in spats between members on occasion, but nothing too bad... One eye popped open, back to it's half lidded state to greet the darkness on the other side of his eyelid in what could be called an extended blink... He hadn't even had a chance to even realize sleep was creeping upon him before his head throbbed in a sudden movement, but not in pain. The eye peeking out in between the gloved slender fingers looked up to the starless sky, arching an eyebrow giving a false sense of an annoyed napper and a curious by stander... No frost escaped it's unknown chamber with the breath the nobody took before sitting up and swinging slightly slender legs over the edge, which were also covered by onyx pants that matched the hue of his whole cloak. Forearms rested upon his thighs as sat up, gazing off into the distance again.

From far off he would probably look like a dot on an 'i' in the definition of nothing in an extra large dictionary straight out of the rickety old mansion in Twilight Town. Maybe the on looker may also want to look of gravity too, for to that the castle obviously didn't oblige. It floated over the barren Dark City that few to none nobodies called home. Axis sat on a lower tier today than he usually did, so when he looked down to the pavement that could try and take his life. Axis knew all too well a simple slip off the roof he had chosen to sit upon couldn't claim the life of something that had lived in a dark abyss and jumped right out into a place that was supposed to be his sanctuary... He was above a simple accidental death after all that. He'd already decided that himself. But even being on a lower tower on the enormous white floating haven did not mean he wasn't up high, for dark clouds could almost be touched by the nobody if he could fly out for a few seconds, so he may have complications straying from an accidental death if he did just so happen to slip.

Besides the slightly swollen confidence he had always claimed to have, he didn't feel fear according to who ever the hell decided it funny to put shells on humans. Not like the nobody could really do anything to the human now could it... Axis knew he had obviously proven that theory to be false the second he thought about it. He kind of thought himself to be a corpse... But then again, if he could die, he wasn't a corpse. But this particular thought had always stuck with him from the second he learnt of what he was. Or at least what he wasn't..

He let loose a sigh as he laid on his back closing his eyes. He tucked gloved hands behind his head not too long after he opened his eyes to look up to the darkness that he'd been so fond to find wherever he went...

Pink... Pink hair. M... Thoughts that hadn't flown through his mind in an unknown amount of years slowly ran through now... A. Another 'bump' echoed in his head and his chest, as if it was a heartbeat... The image of a girl. Y. Ice. A. Lots of Ice. His ice... R. Her hair. Pink... Cat ears. I. Darkness... Darkness... Darkness... N. His mind had seemed to spew out his past, piece by piece, fading it in and out, filling and opening closed doors and empty chambers of a memory he'd thought to have forgotten.

He stretched out to full height, the bottom of his jacket almost touching the ivory surface of the roof. The hidden hands moved to lift his hood over his head, the azure bangs over his shoulder and those here and there could be seen jutting through the darkness that enveloped his face, hiding his features from view. His shimmering eyes could surly be seen if one looked close enough though. A boot covered foot made it's first movement, a dark swirling portal forming before the creature that now moved by his own will. A gloved hand touched his shoulder as one foot embraced the darkness, wisps of shadow circling around some of the leg, as if hungering for the rest. Looking over, he would more nothing, almost a copy of himself excluding the hair that the other did not sport.

"Do not let false emotions interfere with our plans..." said a voice familiar to Axis's ears. it was fairly deep, and sounded as if it held knowledge along with some years of experiences of just who knew what. A body of nothing would continue into darkness, another would watch the other make their leave silently. Oh how the words of a nobody rang into the ears of another...

Upon a low, danky rooftop of a rather cheap worn down home was where the ebony boot was destined to land upon. A bent, silver, pipe sent black smoke into the air from an unknown source. The scene before the tacit crusader fed more and more memories of a forgotten past quickly into his mind, repeating the scene he had pictured on the roof of his home. Long hair shifted slightly with the soft wind that blew past, bangs moving even more so when the head began to move, scanning the landscape, soon finding his prison broken... His gaze then moved to a more populated area, where the hustle and bustle of other humans could be seen. Pink hair stuck out like no other...

"Mayarin..." The words had unintentionally escaped his grasp, along with a cool flow of visible, freezing air. Leather covered hands moved into homey pockets. It seemed his captor turned prisoner had already gotten herself into trouble.

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥

[Kenarox]

↓

•►0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

Shadowed eyes watched cooly as the scene unfolded before them. The haggard, burly, merchant seized hold of the pink haired feline like girl he knew all too well. The reason he didn't react mainly came from his knowledge of her, rather than a complete disregard of her safety. Even through in all truth, he wasn't wishing her health all too well if he'd recalled his past correctly. And if she could escape a prison of what was easily a few thousand or tons of ice she could escape the grasp of a ravaging cheap skate looking for a quick buck for his newly broken trash... Debt was due to the man of course, but Axis highly doubted what was broken was worth enough to make a big a fuss as he did.

The newly freed and captured cat-girl must have been fatigued from her imprisonment when she was hoisted into the air. The fact that she was or wasn't probably wouldn't have mattered, it seemed she have still been suspended by her wrist right around now. Less she had retreated earlier. Her response to such a thing without the bindings of possible nemonia and or frostbite may have been much more violent and quicker though... Or not. If she had shown she held enough energy to blind, pretty much undoubtedly sending a silent insult to the man with a nice glob of spit to the face, and to send a lethal kick to a very vital area that Axis and a few others brushing past or gawking and encouraging the mans original furry shared, he would have given her less credit... A kick to the neck may have even been less agonizing than the attack she had left him with.

A mental congratulations went to the escaping girl as the man fell to the ground, a pain like no other just inflicted upon him. Axis almost sent a little bit of sympathy his way, knowing that the feisty girl hadn't held back in the vicious blow... Well it had been for a just cause, but none the less, as a fellow male Axis had to have some kind of leniency on his feelings towards the fallen Goliath. It was a very rare occasion indeed for Axis to put such nonexistent things as that into the mix of things, but he let a little now slip into his cold conscience. The light and miniature emotions he thought to feel easily drifted away as his mind focused back on his target and on mixed feelings that he had been told he truly didn't posses. The pink haired dot moved with quickness and urgency. Smart move...

After his eyes had followed his mark they wandered back to the dealer of trash. Even though the man wouldn't be making a pursuit anytime soon, as the pain was surely now moving up to his into his lower chest and keeping him on the ground in the fetal position he donned, completely throwing off any intimidation he had been able to hold before. And the young pickpockets and laughing drunks that soon encircled him, members of the cliques either sending taunts and (hopefully) scoffing kicks or reaching sticky fingers to his table and into his pockets sure enough weren't scared if they had held any fear towards the man to begin with. Axis didn't put it past him to have a not so nice reputation, many of the others around him most likely forgetting titles of empowerment in the moment of his downfall, letting loose as much retribution and vigilante justice as they wished as the brute lay powerless and disowned... Poor, poor man...

Turning away from the growing throng that could be separated from the rest of the crowd, golden hues scanned the dark environment eventually finding their way back to their initial focus. Her swift, agile movements sending her far away from what could be called the town square. If such organization could be arranged in the ruined world he'd left behind... He doubted his being there would have helped much. Maybe delayed the chaos that befell not only his birthplace, and other worlds, but not stop it. Lots of things were destined to happen, some things not. Some things got in the way and changed even things destined... Nothing had shown the power to interfere it's fair share too, in more places than one. So destinies really didn't exist, did they? Anything could be changed in the blink of an eye or slowly in the range of an unknown amount of years, it seemed nothing was really guaranteed to anyone... His 'other' may have held that potential though, but he couldn't completely wrap his mind around that all the way. If she had been entrapped by him, she would have done not much better than he himself. Or at least that made sense... Right?

Letting his eyes only be the tools used for tracking the girl became difficult quickly when she began her move into the alleyway, Axis having to silently jump the fairly large distance between rooftops behind her and remove hands from cozy pockets, making sure to keep her in the same scope of a dot rather than getting all of her details as a measurement. Her sudden movement to his level came as a shocking surprise, forcing him to turn suddenly to the left, almost tripping, a hand having to quickly hit pavement to keep the rest of the body balanced.

Her time of stopping seemed reasonable, after all she wasn't being pursued (well not by townsfolk) and the topilim's elusiveness seemed as if it would have gotten her away regardless. Or maybe Axis hadn't given the big guy enough credit... Didn't matter though, she was safe. Well maybe not... The world seemed to be the kind where a crook could just pop out of just about any crack in the wall. Axis would probably be forced into that category of looters and rapists in a few moments.

Once finally scaling the up the ladder and plopping herself down, leaving her back to Axis, she seemed to be in a daze to the unknowing. The spectating nobody would soon find that humans emotions had taken form and yearned to be displayed if currently not. Jealousy nor pity was thrown her way from the on looker, he simply had stopped to make sure she was done too. The moment her hand went up to the face almost forgotten swirling darkness opened before him and swallowed him whole with his next step. The unique noise made by opening and closing of the Nobodies and Heartless transportation could hardly be described as more than a large mixed with an awkward flow of water or continuing winds if heard at all. The jiggling of silver bangles may have slipped into the eardrums of the girl he now stood behind, but that didn't matter, he had spoken when the portal had closed and he had taken the noisy step, as stealth was no longer intended.

"So...Just how did you escape?..." The words asked formed a mellow tone, one not too friendly, but one possibly not to fear as well. His question could have almost been considered rhetorical thanks to the given tone. He did not advance to her, but instead let his eyes pierce through her back, waiting for her resolve for the new situation she had been cast into. It just didn't seem to be her day... At least he could guarantee she hadn't been thrown into another hazardous scene just yet. Nope. Not yet.

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥

[Kenarox]

Searching for a Purpose...
There's no Question
Your The Answer...
I Will FinÐ You...

I'll †aK3 AwAy †H3 PaiiN I've AFFLICT3D on †H3 WorLÐ
But I'll NeV3R ReGReT a †HiiNG I've ÐonE++

"IgNi†e †H3 Pas†. Le† †H3 BriiÐGEs Burn."

AnÐ Le† uS BuilÐ from †H3 ASHES_____________________________+

Being dropped off wasn't so much of a bad thing. He doubted their methods of torture couldn't really be that bad, but he decided it best not to poke the fire more than he already had. Though a rebellious side in him was silenced as it urged him to see just what they could to him. Luckily Axis was very skilled at holding his tongue.

Axis was thankful his temporary companion had learned to switch off to he other arm, relieving the other of stress. It would probably be getting enough from doing what ever needed to be done outside the ship to get more of his captors on board.

[Kenarox]

↓

•►0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

Had he put her in there? Had he put that body in the icey prison? Had he been so easily forgotten by the one who had brought back the past he himself had tried so hard to forget? Had he been cast aside by the one he had seemed to spare? Instead of throwing a fit or being overtaken by sudden anger, the emotion lacking shell stood still, a hidden face neither grimacing nor twisting into an insane smile of bloodlust or insanity. Her words being to sincere to even consider doubting, making a joke out of the whole thing would be rather cruel on her part, and she could have surely been placed among the best of liars and cheapskates who most likely ran his and her ruined home world now. But he really couldn't say he wouldn't be deservant of such a thing. Axis never let the absurd thought run through his mind once.

Axis had really never thought of her escaping the icey walls he'd confined her in, always silently wishing for her to remain dormant, kept away... He didn't even know if it was for her own safety before he'd forgotten the topilim. He'd never set a timer, nor had he wished for her death. Her awakening in such ill times must have happened for a reason... Never before had the nobody ever hoped for harm to go her direction, despite what he or she had done, and Axis knew all to well he didn't have a hidden side thinking otherwise. The girl who sat before him had been freed for a reason. He'd already conveyed the thoughts to himself of what difference she, or they, may have had on the universe, letting those thoughts slip as he found them unneeded.

The woman before him had seemed to separate herself from the Mayarin he was sure he had sealed away... Not too many girls had just escaped from a glacial prison in the slums of the backwash town his birthplace had become. Axis figured it best for her to have forgotten him than vice versa. Axis wouldn't lie to her nor anyone else for that matter, as he saw lying as nothing more than a complicating factor that came and bit people in the asses in the future. Axis wasn't necessarily telling her he had in fact frozen her, something she had seemed to figure out on her lonesome, but he had never strayed to far from bending the truth though... He'd probably stick to that if anything else. His out front personality really couldn't make for such a good liar anyways, seeing as his mental structure wouldn't allow much more than the twisting of words anyways. At least one piece of him he seemed to somewhat share with her. Or at least she had shared with him...

As he thought silently to reach a solution for his predicament, his line of sight had seemed to move from the eyes he hadn't seen for an unknown amount of years to the ceiling that had wavered through an unknown years of wear. If he was caught in the act, it shouldn't have made too much a difference were his attention was averted to if the action had even been caught by her eyes. The silent war between either a mental or physical resolve waged on in his mind, the physical soon winning the battle after she had mentioned her own injuries. Axis of course couldn't really see the mental solution to begin with, making the subtle battle quick. Perhaps it was simply because he was a male, he really didn't know, but he'd sure enough made his decision. Gender discriminations aside.

A hand crept up to the brim of the hood that cast the unrelenting shadow over his face, gripping it and pulling it back, showing his face to one claiming to have forgotten him. Gold eyes had moved up from the cement to her fragmented ones, the color of his eyes seeming to be reflected in them. His head tilted to the side just the slightest, the reason being not for for unnecessary intimidation but to perhaps give the other a chance to revive his image, something he had already highly doubted would happen.

"If you do not choose to seek out the past, the past will simply seek you out itself... If you cannot remember a voice of the past, I doubt the face will do you much better... But surely a past fear can strike a match in your mind eh, Mayarin?" He questioned at last, his voice still remaining unhurried and rather calm despite what the girl had tried to tell him, gloved hands retreating into pockets they had left not too long ago. A pool of darkness matching the black abyss he had stepped out of formed to his right, a blob of darkness spotted with glowing yellow beads pulled from the liquid in a very tight fit. Lanky, clawed fingers, disproportioned with the arms connected to them rose out of the darkness next, placing it's palms on the filthy rooftop, the base of it's zigzagging fingers having to bend as the rest of the limbs seemed to be uselessly stay in place with it's movement. They were far from useless.

As more of it's small body came into their world, short stubby legs placed untoed pitch black feet on the surface of the building, the pool of darkness closing with their release. Zigzagging antenna matching it's unique fingers almost scrapped the pavement as they limply fell down towards the ground from it's small head, it's claws nearly doing the same from their palms. The Neoshadow beginning it's twitching and swaying as it stood by it's conjurer, luminescent eyes locked onto the cat girl before it, hungering for the heart the body held. Surely Axis would not simply let such a thing vanquish a heart so freshly brought into the world. Especially when the heart had once been his, however that may have sounded.

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥

[Kenarox]

↓

•?0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

His eyes quickly took in the small altercations her body had made after his unveiling, mainly the widening of the eyes and the facial expression. Though those could have simply been brought on by shock rather than reconcilement of memories said to be lost. According to some man or woman of all knowing knowledge, Axis couldn't truly grasp those expressions that the girl so easily seemed to bring forward, and surely Axis had had instinctual "emotions" before right? So how could they even be called something different? Well maybe because he knew he had also in fact come from her...

But did that have to make him even more heartless than his temporary minion? Why did it seem the only thing his kin could embrace was physical pain without question? Why was nothing burdened to carry the thoughts repeated in his mind and surely in those of the other higher nobodies? Maybe even those smaller carried their own independent yearnings and craves that just couldn't be voiced... Were these thoughts that resulted in their ruthless solution for hearts? Maybe because they really had nothing to hold them back, surely they could have only been created for that purpose... No better than the heartlesses immediate consumption of hearts... They couldn't feel the compassion a guardian had to hold in such unbound minds could they? Much to merciless they were. Off topic, off topic, off topic...

As her first stuttered word of confusement left her lips, his eyes traveled down to his summoned abomination, whom he had just found himself almost just like. Axis had never been fond of the things, his recent conclusion aside, they much to awkward. Some could say Axis was being sort of a hypocrite, others finding him just in his claim, which ever he still didn't like them. Or their nobody equivalent, the Dusk. But he had never really abused or mistreated the things. More than what was considered necessary...

He had almost strained to resist the urge to put on an act of an anger when she had mentioned that her true self had had it's own chance... As if her life really had ended. And unknowingly she had said that it had been his fault... This new, if any different, woman taking her place in the world. The veracious statement surely would have been worth of a frown if not more. His release of the mental leash he held over the heartless could have kind of immaturely taken a facial reactions place. As a matter of fact, it did.

Axis saw the creatures initial attack as a weak one, nothing much to call alarm to. Only minor flesh wounds. Axis's eyes averted from the scratches on the girls legs to the matter of darkness that flew it's own distance away from what he thought could be it's meal. He turned his head back to the newly injured girl who had decided to plead, obviously doubting (for good reason) Axis's will to protect her from the fiend that was soon to claw back to her. His mouth was about to motion to cast an incantation to stop the creature that surely would have seized her heart after she had seemed to given up the fight. Stopping before the word had even been completed, not even one syllable grasped, his eyes connected with the glowing orbs that rested on her calves. The gust of wind that crushed the heartless would not have been his intention in the least even if he had gotten the spell off. A part of his mind said that it hadn't been her actual intention either. Maybe she had gone off of some kind of instinct..? Good.

As she had begun to realize what she had done, a small grin of approvement creased the lips that had been still in an emotionless composure for a while. As he was mistaken for a brother,someone who could love, and then as a judge that had passed some kind of punishment over her, Axis found himself only really fitting into two of those categories... Surely they weren't brother and sister. The title of lover seemed a little questionable, but he figured they hadn't been enemies, another thing that the girl seemed to mistake him for too.

"Just what are you being blamed for? How can you apologize for something obviously not yet lost? And who are you to force away what you truly are..? But then who am I to force it onto you? The argument splits two ways..." He gave a small shrug with with last words. The smile he bore may have taken off some magnitude of seriousness the statement would have had otherwise and the tone somewhat lightened, but the sternness was still there. That couldn't be helped much when it came to Axis. Just what he wanted to do wasn't clarified to much, excluding a possibility of a pointless fight. Killing the cat girl had never crossed his mind in all of his life, even when he had sent the monster at her not to long ago. She just needed a wake up call... The iron will she held that rivaled Axis's own made for quite a challenge for both sides. Axis himself doubted that all of his brute strength and more couldn't even bend such a thing.

"Why do you separate yourself from her? Why not purse the truth rather than have it come and force itself upon you?" He shrugged again after his statement, maybe as a sign of him fully relaxing into her presence, or he was close to his last minutes before surrender. But if they did in fact share the stubbornness they wore as both sides pushed they're points, he was far from wavering. It was his curse...

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥

[Kenarox]

↓

•►0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

The damage she had taken seemed to begin to add up, as he noted the look of weariness in her eyes above all else. As she complained about how she had torn her "new body" as her eyes closed not long before Axis had bombarded her with more questions. Besides the eyes, Axis noted the red lines that ran down her leg, running off red streams of liquid that scaled down her calf. At least Axis knew for a fact that they could both bleed, him doing his fair share in darkness. But he hadn't been jammed inside of a crystal before he was thrust into the land of heartless. He'd been jammed inside of her long enough though... And he was obviously more colder than her, no pun intended, as she seemed to mourn over the death of the heartless. The act seemed to tip the scale of both noble and stupid pretty evenly in Axis's mind. He wasn't too fond of unnecessary bloodshed either, but it was rather necessary when the creature hadn't returned the courtesy of regarding her safety. Such a thing seemed impossible for heartless to do.

The smile that was mistaken for amusement rather than a congratulations remained still, even as it watched her struggle to stay conscious. He didn't so much enjoy the sight as he one would think, but the grin could fall more along the lines of proud admiration rather than twisted glee. He would have cast a cure if he was apt with the spell, but sadly he wasn't. He was pretty sure she'd live without immediate magical attention, but some going her way would of course do some good. Axis doubted this place held the best of hospitals, if any at all. Falling asleep on a rooftop in any world couldn't be the greatest thing for her well being... Who knew what kind of beings watched them even now... Scary thought.

Blue eyebrows arched in concern as her eyes slitted, the grin fading away, but when her response left her lips the grin returned, the eyebrows relaxed. A cold puff of air escaped his mouth with his sigh after hearing the strained response, Axis in turn closing his eyes. He guessed he figured he could be a little thankful that she pushed her limits, but it seemed like she had no choice. Falling out with a stranger on a roof probably wasn't the safest things a girl could do here... Axis of course not being a maniac homicidal rapist, but if you looked hard enough, you'd probably find your fair share though, rest assured. You probably wouldn't have to look that hard if you didn't consider yourself hideous. Even so, being maniacs they wouldn't care all too much would they? Disturbing thoughts...

He opened his eyes, focusing his gaze off to the side rather than back down to her, looking at nothing in particular unless you counted barren rooftops as something of interest. After a few seconds of searching for words, he finally chose a few, speaking them to her in his same calm tone, regardless of her drowsy condition. A small chuckle or Heh echoing from his mouth before other words as he replied. "It's not like I don't want you to exist... It's like how I said the argument splits two ways... Having neither a right or wrong side, a real loser or real winner. Trust me... I don't want you to "fade away" against your will... And I can't just go and beat it into you, can I?" His last question surely being rhetorical. Unless she didn't find it all that jestful... Axis couldn't really say he would have if he had been in her shoes. At least he had shown he had come to a small realization.

He bent down as low as it took, his eyes becoming level with hers, then drifting down to her new wounds and then back up after he took in the sight at a closer scope for the right reasons, hopefully not marking him as a pervert... Axis sill didn't know just what she saw him as, but he hoped it wasn't that thanks to his last movement. As much time as they'd spent together already, you'd think she'd know he wouldn't be one to do such things... Besides, he could have already done whatever anyways...

"So much trouble after a little scratch, huh..? I guess it can't be helped then..." he stated, a hand left it's pocket to scratch the back of his sapphire mane as he straightened himself out. The gloved weapon soon dropped to his side abruptly, his head giving her a small nod as his eyes locked onto hers yet again, a dark portal matching the one the "cute wild animal" and the one the questioning nobody had crawled out of. The essence of darkness being so close to her the cool wisps of darkness could have been felt on her skin. Rest assured the portal wouldn't lead anywhere else besides the inside of the building they stood upon, right into the unknown. They could either meet comfy seats, the gathering place of the town mafia, or maybe even a hive of feeding heartless... But Axis was sure nothing above his control could meet him down there.

"Go." He finally seemed to order. For it wasn't really up for debate. He'd already given her the satisfaction of entering by her own will rather than have him carry her in. It could have seemed cruel that he wished for her to move herself, but hey, they were still in an argument for supremacy! Who knew just what kind of torture could bend the metal that her sternness was made of.

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥

[Kenarox]

↓

•►0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

Axis's arm tensed at her sudden touch as the girl grabbed it, lightly entrapping it within her grasp. Axis had never thought of using any of the various manners he could have used to set himself free, luckily he wasn't that cold of a person. And thankfully, neither was his arm. At the moment... It could have easily reached subzero had Axis wished, either resulting in an immediate let go or an extended bond... But Axis accepted the adjustment for her comfort at his own expense.

The nobody was still not used to his a friend once so close doubting his antics so much, but he it was of course best not to let anything more than an eye roll of annoyance show. Though after a while, the thought of throwing her in and closing the gate would be rather hilarious once he caught sight of her on the other side after a few moments silence in the hopefully vacant house. Then again, in her current state he couldn't really tell if the materia she wore was so much under her control to fire it off at will. And if it had in fact been an immediate reaction to defend her, the chance of igniting the magic could still be just as great as if if she was her old self. The mentioning of her old self pushed the jester within back behind the usual serious composure. A small reminder of just what he been brought back into. Or rather what he had just got into.

Two fair steps lead them into chilly darkness, the world outside being replaced by pitch black darkness on two sides; excluding the other hole that stood no more than three or four steps away and the one behind them, the cut out of the dark room ahead almost couldn't be detected at first, as it almost matched the darkness that it had been linked to, but sure enough it was there and awaiting the arrival of the it's two visitors.

Axis took the steps required to meet the other side of the bridge, regardless of any resistances the female may have put in, as he took step forward as his boot made contact with the wood, the darkness having nulled the sounds of his footsteps. He was sure the sound of a voice could be heard inside of the shadowstuff, but he'd never really tried as far as he remembered... The portal shut behind him and his accomplice, him lightly tugging his arm forward so he brought the young woman ahead with him, instead of in trapping her in his what had been his own prison.

Axis's eyes worked better than most in the unlit room, at least better than the average human who spent plentiful hours of lifetimes in light rather than absolute darkness... Or inside of a chilling glacier. But none the less, he was somewhat impaired, and not liking that whole predicament, he circled the small room slipping out of her grasp, eventually tugging on the string of a simple lamp found on a dust covered desk slightly pushed out of any alignment it may have had with the wall... Well it would have been simple had it's blue glass shade not been covered in stars and moons, but it served it's purpose.

He took in the sights of the haven, bookshelfs strewn about with works of literature not far from their proximity, a table here and there also cluttered the floor with a few stools that should have been upright along with it. Nothing else caught Axis's eye other than the bed that lay pushed to the wall, covers wrinkled and pushed about, the sleeping area surely big enough for the one who needed it the most. He turned away from the light after a few moments spent silently staring at the contraption, which had left his back to the girl; another memory clicking into place. He turned to where ever the peculiar girl may have moved, saying nothing in particular and keeping thoughts obtained silent. Yellow eyes and his head shifted slightly from her figure to the wall after a short amount of time, Axis sitting himself on the filthy desk, obviously not caring about the risk of crushing presumably old wood or receiving gray stains on his buttocks. The hand left inside of a coat pocket soon left the empty space of the unknown material, arms crossing over one another loosely over his lower chest. His covered legs crossed as his back met the concrete wall, again showing blatant disregard of dirtying his cloak.

"You need to rest." the nobody told the wall he seemed so focused on. Thoughts of his true home now began to clump more with those already brought up with the pink haired feline. The inside of just one home sent flares off in his mind. Was he just supposed to ignite the past and let it's bridges burn, meeting what ever the hell he assumed he was going to meet and embrace the loss or keep the past not found by one that had impacted his so much? Thoughts like these blocked out his vision, taking on a sort of trance as he looked away from a large piece of driftwood that had found it's way back to the fortress it had once been fully connected to. Axis hated things that didn't seem to have a right or wrong answer... Hated them with a passion.

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥

[Kenarox]

↓

•►0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

Axis was glad he didn't get any resistance from the girl when he'd told her the obvious. As she responded to his question with a yawn and not much else besides immediate slumber, he was again relived. She'd at least made the sacrifice of not doing any normal before sleeping adjustments, or at least was too tired to. A mixture of both was most likely the cause... And he was pretty sure she too was aware of the time that they'd spent together... Oh yea that's right. She wasn't. But even in the past they'd had their fair boundaries. Pretty much unspoken rules. Rules that even strangers knew very well, a common sense shared among all races of humanoids and others.

As the time flew, ticks of seconds, minutes growing from those long seconds into silent hours, Axis had sat in the bask of the blue light, eyes fairly open as they had been since he'd brought the weary awakened here. As time passed, his eyes couldn't help but scan his surroundings, the images of the past even got dull after a while of unwanted repetition. He collected a few titles of books of fiction and myth as he scryed over heaps of them, none really peaking his interest. Walls specked with nothing too unique were soon passed by, the small scratches and grooves on their surfaces weren't the most interesting eye grabbers in a worn down whatchamacallit. The canary eyes finally seemed to have nothing else to take in besides the unconscious body of the cat girl, watching the body heave up and down, giving him the satisfaction of knowing she was breathing. Even that too seeming to eventually bore him. He'd successfully kept away thoughts that could have occupied someone else's time without much effort... He hated waiting. And he wasn't waiting for the topilim's arousal either. Well at least he wasn't all that focused on it.

The shadows that opened next to Axis and his desk didn't even startle the tacit nobody, a friend more so than an enemy stepped out of the depths of darkness upon it's arrival, standing next to the contemplating nobody after one extended gait from it's transportation; which had dissipated silently as others like it seemed to do after it's owners departure. Rather than an unwelcome heartless or other monstrosity, the uniform the hooded visitor donned copied Axis's precisely, the only difference between the two could be the size of the body bound within if not the unseen face, the new comer being fairly bigger in both width and height when compared to Axis. As Axis's eyes shifted over to the unannounced arrival, knowing just who it was from the beings build. It seemed all of them had come accustomed to recognizing one another, even while they hid faces. Like family they were.

Even if Axis and this particular nobody weren't on the friendliest of terms. Not a strong hate, but not much of a bond of companionship laid between them either. If the boss had chosen to eliminate the missing nobody, he'd sent the one who would most likely hesitate the least. But Axis knew his rare non-mission related absence from the castle wasn't a crime. If any spat occurred between the two it'd be no more than words.

"So this is what you've been up to, eh Axis?" The question came across almost as a taunt. As gloved hands lay behind his back, the nobody turned his head away from the sleeping beauty to the blue haired beast. Luckily this particular beast had more of a control over meager things such as verbal provocation. And luckily both shells seemed to have a good grasp on both of their voices as they began to communicate, each coming across in softened tones rather than complete whispers. The sound from the sudden visitors unseen mouth being even deeper than Axis's by a plenty, a metallic, fake sound was held within it too, as if cloaked... Number nine had never really trusted the voice, but he'd never spoken such thoughts out loud either.

"What do you want." Axis's voice came out rather stern, as if commanding the other to spit out the words. Sure he'd almost predicted a members arrival, but he'd never thought he'd like it.

"Boss sends me as a simple reminder... Do not let false emotions interfere with plans."

"And she has something to do with our plans..?"

"Dunno... So hasty to exclude yourself from our objective?" Axis really couldn't tell if other was kidding or not. The tone of his last statement changing accordingly as if he was jesting, but with this one, Axis never really knew. It was that damn voice... And that face... His sense of humor was somewhat dry in Axis's mind, either that or his want for a scrap between the two was rather ridiculous... If that's what he had been aiming for.

"Well when they need me, tell them to come get me." Axis emphasis on the them seemed to return the mocking back to the other, or at least the sense of dislike. A small nod was received from the other, his head straightening out to look at his superiors new companion. Well Axis would have been the superior had their numbers really meant anything. But no, Axis had at least the courtesy to put them on seemingly even ground, the 'younger' doing the same. After a few dragged out seconds of Axis's eyes cutting down to his legs and the other eying the occupier of the crusaders time, he eventually let out a soft heh before his exit appeared behind him, the one step backwards he took seemed to last a little too long for Axis's taste as well.

Axis's own eyes straightened out directly after the swirling shadows closed to meet the slumbering cat girl. As he remembered her wounds, he'd once had the ludicrous idea of trying to mend them... But then he came to the realization that that would probably be a little over the boundary they had set between them, thanks to the wounds placing. And he had nothing to really work with in the first place... Or at least he hadn't really tried to look for anything. The urge to go scrounge around to find anything able to assist in at least cleansing the scrapes was very strong, but like a lot of other things, Axis resisted the temptation. She had his prayers that the wound didn't get infected though. He doubted such thin cuts could anyways.

His own weariness began to kick in showing how late it actually was here, a few lazy blinks cursing his eyes after about fifteen more minutes of gazing in the new Mayarin's direction. In his world he'd never been able to tell day from night. He'd be seeing if this world was the same when he awoke. As he shifted his head up, looking at the roof that matched the well being of everything else in the room, his eyes finally shut for the night, hopefully his not being plagued with too many nightmares... It seemed like out of all nights, this would be the one he'd have one. Hopefully his pink haired alarm clock wouldn't remain silent and run off if he hadn't awakened with it already... Waking up to a chase wouldn't be so grand.

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥

[Kenarox]

↓

•►0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

You don't love me anymore... You don't love me anymore... You don't love me anymore... huh?
The words echoed into his subconsciousness as if they'd just been spoken.

Peach arms were shown to the world, hands remained hidden, by practically the same black gloves they laid in in the real world... Or at least the present world. Blue arrows pointed to the middle knuckle of each hand, the shade of the designs almost matching the wearer's hair to perfection. The gloves still did not suffocate the younger crusader, their length stopping at the wrist as the gouging of leather slopped down into itself in a small quantity... The empty chest was covered by white cloth in place of more dark leather though, a simple tank top wife beater, it's length hardly enough to cover the odd belts the nobody wore...

The blue, baggy, pants the standing nobody wore almost perfectly reflected those a hero past. One that had seemed to take the same path he had too... Or at least was unknowingly about to. Excluding the belts... Other than that, a perfect reflection... You'd think that would have meant something huh? But no neither of the two tainted--- people, shared anything more. Unless the slightly similar shades of hair meant something too. They hadn't even acknowledged each others existences... How could they? Who knew how far apart they're lives were spread?

A scythe familiar to Axis was yet again clutched in his hand, the white blade nearly touching the surface of the concrete jungle, cool air clearly radiating off of it's surface. It's appearance was rather brutal, almost as if master and blade did not match with one another, but in ways they did. Axis could see how he'd create something that looked like it... The black gloves tightened on the black metal, the result being a unique squeak emitting from hand and weapon as the girl questioned just what it was for... The long bangs rest stilly on his shoulders, their long length not at all different from those of the present day nobody. His eyes did not meet those of green as they usually had before, but instead locked onto the ground. Even Axis's great possession over calmness couldn't remain stable in the wake that face now.

As he was mocked and provoked, he resisted the urge to grin, obviously of all times not being the right time to do such a thing. Him doing so may have reinforced the false claim that came next even more. The words that rang in his head now, as he was put through the torture of the nightmare. He had learned what it meant when people said the pen cut deeper than sword that day... Because sure enough those words had hurt him more than anything he had faced, would face, or would ever face... As he finally lifted his head up from his avoiding stare at the ground, as if he was a child that had just been scolded by a mother, he finally met her eyes, trying his hardest to keep a frown off his features. Tears would have fought off if he'd even been able to do create... He could only act so well... According to the all knowing-knower. Well at least, he didn't know that back then. So he probably had tried to stop the nonexistent water works that he'd seen from others.

The scythe was lifted quickly in it's stroke, Axis wasting no time for dramatics. Somber eyes were hid from view under his eyes lids as the blade moved behind his neck, it's curve winding around his own neck, an impossible slip up could have beheaded the cruel hearted fiend...
As the blade passed her range, a path of sharded ice quickly moved towards their target, the glistening of the crystals could have been called majestic by some, while to others or most they should have never been in the first place. Maybe Axis was the only one that could see it in the way of beauty.

The ice soon reached the ankles of the girl, Axis's eyes already quickly back to the concrete they had both stood upon, the scythe already back into it's original position, though it found a much weaker grasp. The ice seemed to shoot swiftly up in half of seconds, the trunk it created soon sprouting a bud that seemed to envelop over the risen girl, intertwining her in her own glassy stalagmite just as quick. Axis hadn't seen her eyes shut, not knowing that would be the last time he'd see them for plenty of years...

An explosion seemed to happened immediately with the topilims slumber, a burst of darkness opening a portal much larger than that necessary to transport the newly separated nobody. The gust created from it's arrival of air sent blue strands of hair and cold that radiated of freshly constructed ice forward into the towering buildings silent buildings with the unexpected devourer.

Tentacles of shadow stretched out from the gaping tunnel that was at least five times Axis's whole body, first seizing an arm that loosely held a weapon that would cause enough destruction in the future. The arm tensed with the suffocating touch, but was not pulled, as if the darkness was coming to him, the extensions only holding prey in place. As the shroud moved closer another strand grabbed his other leg, suffocating that too, only seconds before another seized his other arm. As the nobody awaited his punishment he finally lift his head up to the piece of art he'd sculpted. The face able to contain stability with torturing eyes closed, a scythe dropped from bound hands, dissipating in a stream of mist before it could even create a sound on the stone. Another arm extended and tightly wound it's way over his shoulder and across his chest.

"Never say I didn't love you..." The words being his last that'd he'd probably ever speak to anyone while he endured the sentence he thought would last the rest of his life. The true darkness having finally reached it's meal, it closed slowly, as if painfully making sure he'd remember the sight...

~+†+~

Eyelids slowly lifted, finally freeing Axis of the hellish dreamworld that had once been a reality. Yellow eyes scanned the room slowly as they rest half cloaked, hardly open as a sign of his morning weariness. The sight of blurred pink forced the eyes to shut again and reopen, clearing up his view slightly as the eyelids went not too much higher, at least proving that he was now in the present world. He moved his head to the wall the nighttime visitor had come through, his eyes shutting again, remembering their encounter not too long. That didn't burden him as much as other things did. His eyes shut as he gave into the desire, but he wouldn't slip out of consciousness... Not if he was going to be thrown back into the past that poked at him too much. The same past other's had seemed forgotten with ease. The irony of it could be that it was thanks to him too...

"Morning..." He finally managed to push past his lips after at least a minute of his arousal.

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥

[Kenarox]

↓

•►0pen YouR Eyes
See †h3 Ðivid3[-]
[Open YouR Eyes
And See †he Ðestruction____________+
of INN0C3NcE]

Eyelids of the nobody slowly as lifted the girl spoke to herself, Axis confusing it at first for his conversation rather than one between herself. He soon learned otherwise as she went on. The sleepy headed boy had already closed his eyes before her next sentence was spoken, hearing it yes, but not caring all too much, either because he was simply to tired to or either the small display of her mental wear hadn't been enough to nudge his interest on the subject. And now after his dream, he didn't know if he wanted her to learn of her past anymore, more so for her own sake then his... She could hate him to her hearts content and he'd still have a place for her somewhere real in him, and not in a nonexistent heart... Maybe once he changed that, the scenario could change too. But for now he didn't really know if he could be all too happy with her possibly growing to fear him.

The startled reaction to his greeting had come much closer than he expected as he hadn't seen her movement towards him, immediately forcing his eyelids to open fully before they softly drifted to a half lidded pose finally looking into eyes that he hadn't been able to look into in subconsciousness. His eyes slowly moved down to the book she now grasped tightly to herself his eyes not being able to catch it's title before the girl had sat herself on the floor, his gaze following her down in a slight squint. As she seemed to begin to read the book, the attention was soon switched to him, an obvious sense of curiosity bouncing off of her eyes into his. Instead of questioning her, he instead waited for her to pop hers off, which she did rather quickly. He wouldn't have had time to even get off a simple 'what?'.

The question he received wasn't one he'd expected, but it made sense that she had asked... But it did kind of pained him that she had forgotten him to that extent... When she said she he figured it to be her old self. He didn't bother asking about what she had meant, as he seemed to figure that she too may have just dreampt about their past or had been thinking while he slept. He didn't strain himself to think of any more possibilities.

"Axis." He answered rather blankly and after he was quickly bombed with another question. One that he didn't mind so much.He left one arm in his lap, the other moving with him to put it's elbow on the wooden desk he sat next to, Axis next resting his head in hand, not enough blue hair could obscure his eyes from hers though as sapphire bangs lightly fell with gravity's law. The world they resided in wasn't the only one like it. And as a matter of fact it was rather quaint when compared to a few others that still existed and had been crippled by the darkness's touch in one way or another. But Axis also saw how a new comer would think it's streets inadequate when compared to others they could dream up and wish to be whisked away to...And Axis had only traveled to so many worlds. Maybe there was the chance of there being others existent fit for her level of survivability. Axis too had realized if he was forced to leave her somewhere, here wouldn't be the best of all choices... Especially since the girl may have lacked an actual grasp over her invention... Her secondary defense. Axis calling himself the first. At least for the moment of course...

"That books probably too old to hold any up to date information..." He shifted his head in his palm turning him away from answer craving eyes to only give her the side of his face as he responded simply again, lacking details of any words that could have strung together and made her think their past home a place suitable live, even if momentarily. It was true it wasn't the worst of worlds, but no one really deserved to live in it. No, not in it's current state anyways. It'd be hard to find a place were she could live and truly be safe. Axis knew how hard it was to find a home you could surely call a sanctuary. And his had seemed to be beckoning her too, but that thought was immediately cast aside without a second thought. He also strayed from a question that would have made him sound all too much like a particular nobody that he'd recently talked to without consideration.

"But, if you want off of this world, yea... I think we could find you one." Axis said with a somewhat quieter tone as he reassured the girl of his abilities. Though he really couldn't think of anywhere not engulfed in darkness or real that she could escape to. His eyes cut back over to her as he took in the features of her face through the corner of his eye. If it was the darkness she was truly trying to get away from, it would eventually find it's way to a momentary safe zone... It had apparently done that plenty of times.

Only so many worlds could be pulled out of this groggy, newly awoken mind... Some of which having to be scratched off the conjured, short, list. The Castle had been an option, it's outskirts being moderate, definitely a noticeable level of increased quaintness when compared to homeland, but it had it's flaws like every where else. For one, it's castle wasn't in the best shape when compared to the imagery automatically brought up in what seemed to be every mind... But mainly for Axis, it was the fact that his faction hadn't ever been on the Kingdom's friendly list since their beginning, Axis being fully aware and informed of the fairy tale of the nobodies before him... But maybe the Organization was far too old to be a worry on the head honcho of the universe? Any movements they had made had been silent... They'd been sure to try their best at that.

Twilight Town...The name filling in the place of Traverse Town, which was scratched off the meager list he'd lazily collected. Axis knowing that the refugee town was also the most recent victim of darkness's hunger. It resembled the outside castle walls street life, as in it's mannerisms of behavior. No world could really be called perfection these days in accordance with appearance, but it too was mighty fine in the face of world wide hardships. It was bright there... Very bright... Not one of Axis's favorites, but then again it seemed he wasn't the one needing the lift. He could go where ever he wished, with few bounds. But it was this new acquaintance that needed the darkness's transportation... The title of friend would seem to sit right on this Mayarin's head as it did on the other, but the connection between this her and him was rather odd. Or at least to him. Axis also found it peculiar that he couldn't rest the words on her shoulders... Once again words proving to be worth a lot more for what they were credited.

"Twilight Town. The Castle... They're pretty much the simplest of all places. Unless you want something truly different than the average community..." Axis figured she wouldn't consider herself of the average no, but he figured she got the gist of what he'd said. The word simple also meant to be used lightly... Very lightly. Any other lands not yet engulfed by hungering shadow might as well had been far as the "average" would be concerned though... The antics of other known places being rather... Off, when compared to the society set up practically everywhere nowadays. But hey, he once he thought about it who was of the norm anymore? Maybe the worlds he'd resided in for a worth while amount of time had been those getting the whole picture of civil life wrong and just forcing their way on civilizations before the others got a chance to install their customs into the common knowledge. Axis found himself sort of practicing the tactic of overpowering in his own way, but he quickly cast the already over burdening thought aside.

+I Close My Eyes †o See you
_†his is for you • EveRy†HiiNg I Am
†his is for you • †aK3 i† FroM Me
†oRN ÐisB3liiEViNg Separation
I Close My Eyes

+And StiLL I Wan†
_____And StiLL I ACHE
__________But StiLL I Wai†
TO SEE YOU AgAiiN

♥