An Overdue Apology
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Confrontations in the Morning
AN OVERDUE APOLOGY
By Axel Ingleson
(Warning: Adult content.)
(Pairings: Axel and Kairi. Sora and Riku.)
(Disclaimer: KH2 and its characters are not mine.)
“Axel?!” Sora demanded, looking down at the redhead as he and Kairi slept there with Kairi’s head in Axel’s lap and Axel’s hand on Kairi’s lower abdomen, a fingertip touching her navel.
Axel opened a bleary eye and looked up at Sora. “Shh,” he suggested. “She’s sleeping.”
“If you hurt her, Axel…” Sora warned. He spotted Kairi’s panties lying nearby in the sand. “You…”
“Sora, shut up and let me sleep,” Kairi complained. “Axel didn’t do anything I didn’t want him to.”
“But…”
“Oh, and how’s Riku?”
“You know?”
“I didn’t,” Kairi admitted. “Not until last night.”
“You peeped!”
Kairi blushed, then blushed again as she remembered that she was naked under her skirt.
“You and Riku owe her an apology,” Axel pointed out to Sora as they diverted their eyes so that she could slip her panties back on. “Leading her on that way.”
“We never meant to,” Sora admitted. “I guess we always assumed she knew about us.”
“She was really heartbroken last night,” Axel told him.
“And you just happened to be there for her.” Sora’s voice was rich with sarcasm.
“I came back to help the three of you with the next Heartless invasion.”
“Which you probably caused by coming here.”
“Nope,” Axel shook his head and smiled. “Innocent of all charges. You can blame the Replica for this one.”
“I thought the Replica was destroyed.”
“Namine saw fit to restore him to health,” Axel explained. “She meant well, figured he’d do well here as Riku’s little brother. Her way of apologizing for manipulating him. Unfortunately, there was still a touch of darkness in his heart, and the Heartless are drawn to that.”
“So if we eliminate that darkness, they’ll go away, right?” Sora asked, tactfully not adding that apologies from Nobodies seemed to be more trouble than they were worth.
“They might,” Axel admitted. “If they don’t latch on to the darkness in someone else’s heart first.”
“So, when is the attack due? Any clue?”
“A matter of days once the Replica arrives.”
A soft hum behind them drew their attention. They turned and saw a medium-sized ship, similar to the one Xemnas flown in his battle against Riku and Sora.
“Well, looks like I made it,” Repliku said as the hatchway opened and the ramp extended itself. “So, what are you four up to?”
“There are only three of us here,” Sora pointed out.
“No, there are four of you,” Repliku corrected him as he moved to join them.
“One. Two. Three.” Sora said, pointing in turn to himself, Axel, and Kairi.
“Four.” Repliku said, pointing at Kairi’s abdomen. “My ship detected a trace of warmth emanating from her that has nothing to do with her own body temperature. The only explanation is that she is carrying his child.” He pointed at Axel.
“You have to get out of here,” Axel told him. “Your presence is a danger to this place and its people.”
“Danger? How?”
“Your heart still contains darkness,” Axel explained.
“What about yours? Did you find it?”
Axel took Repliku’s hand and placed it on his chest. “Well?”
“And what of the darkness within it?”
“There is too much pride in my heart for any darkness to fit within,” Axel beamed. “I’m going to be a father.”
“I had a good deal of pride in my heart, too,” Riku said from the dock that linked the tiny island to the beach. “And the darkness still entered me.”
“Different kind of pride,” Axel explained.
Riku eyed Repliku warily. “Alive again, I see. And Axel. I suppose I owe you a great deal of thanks for saving Sora’s life. He’s my best friend and…”
“Riku,” Sora said. “Kairi knows about us. She saw us last night.”
“How?”
“Axel helped her spy on us.”
“When?”
“Last night, before he brought her here and spent the night apologizing for kidnapping her.”
“Kairi!”
“What?” Kairi demanded. “I have a right to be happy, too! Axel is a good man. And it was nice of him to apologize to me.”
“And I suppose a simple ‘I’m sorry, Kairi’ wasn’t good enough?”
“Now that I have a heart, I wanted to put all of it into the apology.” Axel explained.
“Sounds to me like that’s not all you put into it.” Riku remarked.
“You should know all about people putting things in, Riku!” Kairi shot back, earning a shocked look from both Riku and Sora.
“Enough,” Axel said, eager to get the situation under control. “I doubt too much arguing is good for the baby. The point is, Riku, that you and Sora are happy, and so are Kairi and myself. Now we just need to figure a way to remove the darkness from Repliku’s heart before the Heartless arrive.”
By Axel Ingleson
(Warning: Adult content.)
(Pairings: Axel and Kairi. Sora and Riku.)
(Disclaimer: KH2 and its characters are not mine.)
“Axel?!” Sora demanded, looking down at the redhead as he and Kairi slept there with Kairi’s head in Axel’s lap and Axel’s hand on Kairi’s lower abdomen, a fingertip touching her navel.
Axel opened a bleary eye and looked up at Sora. “Shh,” he suggested. “She’s sleeping.”
“If you hurt her, Axel…” Sora warned. He spotted Kairi’s panties lying nearby in the sand. “You…”
“Sora, shut up and let me sleep,” Kairi complained. “Axel didn’t do anything I didn’t want him to.”
“But…”
“Oh, and how’s Riku?”
“You know?”
“I didn’t,” Kairi admitted. “Not until last night.”
“You peeped!”
Kairi blushed, then blushed again as she remembered that she was naked under her skirt.
“You and Riku owe her an apology,” Axel pointed out to Sora as they diverted their eyes so that she could slip her panties back on. “Leading her on that way.”
“We never meant to,” Sora admitted. “I guess we always assumed she knew about us.”
“She was really heartbroken last night,” Axel told him.
“And you just happened to be there for her.” Sora’s voice was rich with sarcasm.
“I came back to help the three of you with the next Heartless invasion.”
“Which you probably caused by coming here.”
“Nope,” Axel shook his head and smiled. “Innocent of all charges. You can blame the Replica for this one.”
“I thought the Replica was destroyed.”
“Namine saw fit to restore him to health,” Axel explained. “She meant well, figured he’d do well here as Riku’s little brother. Her way of apologizing for manipulating him. Unfortunately, there was still a touch of darkness in his heart, and the Heartless are drawn to that.”
“So if we eliminate that darkness, they’ll go away, right?” Sora asked, tactfully not adding that apologies from Nobodies seemed to be more trouble than they were worth.
“They might,” Axel admitted. “If they don’t latch on to the darkness in someone else’s heart first.”
“So, when is the attack due? Any clue?”
“A matter of days once the Replica arrives.”
A soft hum behind them drew their attention. They turned and saw a medium-sized ship, similar to the one Xemnas flown in his battle against Riku and Sora.
“Well, looks like I made it,” Repliku said as the hatchway opened and the ramp extended itself. “So, what are you four up to?”
“There are only three of us here,” Sora pointed out.
“No, there are four of you,” Repliku corrected him as he moved to join them.
“One. Two. Three.” Sora said, pointing in turn to himself, Axel, and Kairi.
“Four.” Repliku said, pointing at Kairi’s abdomen. “My ship detected a trace of warmth emanating from her that has nothing to do with her own body temperature. The only explanation is that she is carrying his child.” He pointed at Axel.
“You have to get out of here,” Axel told him. “Your presence is a danger to this place and its people.”
“Danger? How?”
“Your heart still contains darkness,” Axel explained.
“What about yours? Did you find it?”
Axel took Repliku’s hand and placed it on his chest. “Well?”
“And what of the darkness within it?”
“There is too much pride in my heart for any darkness to fit within,” Axel beamed. “I’m going to be a father.”
“I had a good deal of pride in my heart, too,” Riku said from the dock that linked the tiny island to the beach. “And the darkness still entered me.”
“Different kind of pride,” Axel explained.
Riku eyed Repliku warily. “Alive again, I see. And Axel. I suppose I owe you a great deal of thanks for saving Sora’s life. He’s my best friend and…”
“Riku,” Sora said. “Kairi knows about us. She saw us last night.”
“How?”
“Axel helped her spy on us.”
“When?”
“Last night, before he brought her here and spent the night apologizing for kidnapping her.”
“Kairi!”
“What?” Kairi demanded. “I have a right to be happy, too! Axel is a good man. And it was nice of him to apologize to me.”
“And I suppose a simple ‘I’m sorry, Kairi’ wasn’t good enough?”
“Now that I have a heart, I wanted to put all of it into the apology.” Axel explained.
“Sounds to me like that’s not all you put into it.” Riku remarked.
“You should know all about people putting things in, Riku!” Kairi shot back, earning a shocked look from both Riku and Sora.
“Enough,” Axel said, eager to get the situation under control. “I doubt too much arguing is good for the baby. The point is, Riku, that you and Sora are happy, and so are Kairi and myself. Now we just need to figure a way to remove the darkness from Repliku’s heart before the Heartless arrive.”