Beyond the Light

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Chap. 11

“Sora??”

Sora had been lying on the ground for an hour and it was starting to worry Riku but the last time he called his name it seemed to cause a reaction. The brunette was beginning to stir and slightly open his eyes.

“Riku….Get away from me…”

Of all the things he thought would pop out of Sora’s mouth that sentence wasn’t it.
“What? ‘Get away?’?”

Sora got to his feet and looked at Riku with a stare that Riku had never seen before.

“You heard me. I want answers and I won’t fall for any of your tricks!”

“What are you talking about, Sora?!” Riku tried to walk closer to Sora but Sora jumped away.

“Don’t touch me! I won’t let you hurt Sora!!” Roxas stepped away from Riku, “I’m leaving you now unless you can say something that will change my mind.”

“Roxas…How in the world?! You’re not supposed to exist let alone control Sora like this. You call this protecting him?? Bring him back to me!!” Riku pulled out a sword, “I’ll bring you with me conscious or not!”
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“So who’s the red-head?” Zexion and Demyx were confused that Riku didn’t have Sora, “and…I thought you went ahead and got Sora….”

“Strange thing is I did…and I didn’t.”

The two looked at him quizzically, “Are you sane? How can you not do and do something! It’s against the Law of Non-Contradiction!!!!”

“Let’s not waste time arguing about what’s possible or not…It seems at this point I’m willing to believe anything,” Riku turned to Axel,”What do you think we should do now? Sora’s probably still with me, but I have no idea what the other me is planning…”

“It’s not good is all I know; however Sora must be weak from being trapped in that tower for so long. We should move fast if we want to keep up.” Axel turned to Demyx and Zexion, “It’s so weird to be seeing the dead…I’m not sure how I’ll get over all of this.”

“Hey! Who do you think you are carrot-head?”

Zexion whispered into Demyx’s ear, “Carrots are orange, you dolt. Why don’t you leave the talking to me from now on?”

“Oh honey, whisper in my ear a little more…Something more sexy” The comment earned Demyx a slap in the face as Zexion followed Riku and Axel away from the clearing of the tower.

“Hey…Why do I always get left behind?”

“Demyx….”

Demyx turned around to find the long-haired Vexen staring angrily at him.

“Are you becoming disloyal to your Lord? I see you look comfortable with your little party” A sneer formed on Vexen’s slim lips.

“I wish you would die! You’ve been poisoning my Lord and I won’t let you get what you want!”

“What a feisty boy…I just might have a little chat with your master about this.”

“Ha! Yeah right! Marluxia trusts me unlike certain other shady characters, we’re like family!” Demyx wished his brother Luxord was still around. If only he hadn’t developed that awful gambling problem he would be more than willing to beat up the sickly looking scientist that was harassing him.

“Hm..” Vexen folded his arms, “Family, huh? Marluxia already knows what is going to become of the key but he hasn’t even called you back to inform you…How sad.”

Demyx decided that he wasn’t going to lose his new sexy companion to be chatting with a musty old scientist, “If you don’t mind I have some booty to chase. Why don’t you go dig a hole and lie there for awhile, maybe you’ll finally die and save the poor gravediggers the trouble of making you a grave.” Demyx turned around and began walking away.

“Why you little maggot….” Vexen grinded his teeth. He was going to put an end to Marluxia’s stupid little follower after all he proved to be utterly worthless. The air around Vexen started to chill as all the water in the air instantly turned into thousands of icy needles.

“Oh my sweet little ministrel, it will be fun to see you in hell!”

“WHA—!!!” Demyx turned around to find himself in the path of many very painful-looking icicles.

“I’m gonna die! I’m WAY too young!!!!”

Demyx closed his eyes and decided it would be less painful that way.
He waited …..

And waited…..

The barrage of needles didn’t come so Demyx decided it was safe to open his eyes. He may already be in heaven! Then he could all the cute angels he could ever want….

“OPEN YOUR EYES YOU WORTHLESS IDIOT!!!!”

Demyx did what the voice said and swore he saw something like an angel. “ZEXION!”

Zexion was panting in exhaustion and was looking extremely mad, “What kind of moron stands in the way of an attack like that?! Are you that dull-witted? Even I didn’t think you were THAT stupid!”

“My merciful guardian angel!!! You couldn’t stand to see me suffer so you risked your life for your one and only!” Demyx grabbed Zexion into a crushing embrace.

“Idiot…I just felt your life was going to fade away. Your inanity has caused me to do stupid things like save you..”

“Aw…Isn’t this sweet? I didn’t know you two were that much of an item…” Axel strolled over to the couple which was currently Zexion trying to fight his way away from Demyx’s hold.

“Stop staring fire-head and let’s just get on with this terrible journey.”

“Ah…My angel, we’ll go as fast as we can and then I’ll take you home and treat you nice. Oh yeah… You guys probably heard that old coot ranting about how Marluxia knows what’s actually going on..” Demyx decided to let his hand wander a little while he was talking and holding Zexion, “Whatever you guys want is fine by me…hmm…you’ve got a nice ass hiding under those robes…”

Zexion scowled and kneed Demyx in the stomache.

Riku looked to Axel, “ What do you think? I hate to say it but I really don’t have any better ideas…If we know where Sora is headed than we might have a better chance, right?”

“Yeah definitely… Marluxia…I wonder how the lord of the castle is doing?”
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At that moment Marluxia was doing well. He decided to take a break from ordering people around and give his rose garden the attention it deserved. His castle was probably one of the most beautiful in the world if not the most beautiful. He had acres and acres of flowers of all species surrounding the castle which were like his own children. He didn’t especially care for people so every moment there was to spare was spent with his gardens. Now there was an annoying cold presence that appeared, it was his advisor, Vexen.

“My Lord, your garden is in its height of magnificence as are you…”

“I don’t care for false flattery, Vexen. Especially about facts I already know.”

“Yes, of course my Lord… I have come with a message that may not be pleasing.”

Marluxia looked up at the long-haired man and hoped for Vexen’s sake the news wasn’t too bad, “Yes?”

“I am afraid that in his last investigation your little minstrel has become lost in action. I believe that villain Saix must have taken his life…”

“What? Are you trying to tell me that my Demyx is dead?” Vexen could not read the expression on Marluxia’s face and Vexen didn’t find that the least bit comforting. Marluxia was a tricky character to work with sometimes and Vexen’s numerous attempts to control and predict the pretty lord’s behavior usually failed. Vexen however, enjoyed the experiments and the difficulties Marluxia’s personality presented….sometimes.

“I didn’t know you cared so much for the boy’s safety, Vexen. However I know when one of my flowers die. Today 368,093 of my plants have “passed on” due to the recent drought and not one was that bothersome blonde. My roses especially enjoy his music and they would have informed me of the death of their favorite musician. Now if you’ll excuse me I told Xaldin I would meet with him…”

Marluxia softly caressed the petals of his flowers in a “farewell” and walked into his castle.
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Roxas was extremely annoyed with himself. He was now not only in the tattered dress from the tower but was also tied up and being held like a sack of potatoes over Riku’s shoulders.

“I wouldn’t have to do this if you just would let Sora out! Or at least pretend to cooperate with me…”

“Hmph. I know you’re up to no good, why would I cooperate? You’d love it if I just lied down and let you have your way with me!” Roxas tried once again to wiggle free of his bonds because he was afraid that he had just put unsavory thoughts into Riku’s head. Riku was thinking them over too. He had almost had Sora but was interrupted and hadn’t any action since. He DID have Roxas tied-up…..

“OH NO YOU DON’T!!!” Roxas felt his captor stop. “You’d be cheating on Sora!”

“No I wouldn’t. I’d be shutting you up temporarily and letting Sora have some fun,” Riku gave Roxas a scary smile, “It’s still Sora’s body….Maybe I can coax his consciousness out.”

“No way. I made sure Sora wouldn’t be able to come out no matter what you do or however clever you think you are,” Roxas stuck out his tongue at Riku in a teasing fashion, “You can’t handle me anyway. Only Axel can.”

“Ha, well I happened to notice that Axel seemed to be equally happy at the prospect of also getting into Sora’s pants. I think he was dreaming of having both of you, I can’t say it’s not an appealing dream to have…Two bodies writhing in pleasure at your side is better than one.”

Roxas twinged at the happiness in Riku’s face, “Does Sora even know how bad a closet pervert you are?”


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Special thanks to Kayu... It was fun reading the reviews after you read each chapter! It made me feel guilty and started me writing when I noticed that poor Marluxia was being neglected and part of the reason of this story was to bring the Organization members back to life (they all died relatively young. It's sad). Xemnas has yet to appear though... On a side note have you ever notcied that Roxas is Sora with an "X" and Xemnas is Ansem with an "X"? Following the same formula would mean that Demyx's actual name is Myde or Ymde or Deym? And Marluxia would be Lumaria or Arimalu or whatever else you can come up with? I just think it's fun speculating (I like Lumaria tho it sounds like a name of a sleeping pill).