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[flared]

Who: Axel (flared) and X-Butt (croceamors)
When: Shortly after this conversation
Where: X-Butt's hermit hole
Style: Action, but I'll follow whatever~
Status: In Progress/Closed

[Axel usually knows what to expect out of his and Saix's encounters by now. Even when they're in the best of "moods" something always seems to go wrong. He's right. They're always fighting... but better it be them than Axel's friends. So as much as Axel doesn't appreciate confrontations, he'll willingly take this if it means sparing Sora having to deal with this idiot.

So shortly after he ends the feed with Saix a Portal opens up in Saix's living room and Axel steps on through, seemingly calm but on his guard.]

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[croceamors]

[Saix is right there on the couch, SFC on the coffee table and a book off to the side. He watches the portal carefully as Axel comes through, but appears to be waiting for...]

[Oh, the dog. Remember dog, Axel? Yeah, the golden retriever is going for your ankles now. Don't let him get a hold, bro, he'll try to tug that boot right the fuck off.]

[flared]

[With a wave of his hand Axel starts to dismiss the Portal, but suddenly he senses the dog charging for him and pauses. Reflexes allow him to step to the side and if doggy isn't careful he'll end up trapped in that there Darkness.]

[croceamors]

[Doggy gives an awkward yelp and starts to backscramble away from the portal. Sighing, Saix gives a whistle and pats the space next to him. New Moon, tail between his legs, retreats.]

I'll have to train him a little more.

[flared]

[Hmph. Axel would much rather not have to hurt doggy, thanks. With that done, he finally rids of the Corridor behind him then crosses his arms.]

Do you think he likes being that kind of dog?

[croceamors]

You'll have to pardon me if I decide to come up with a way to discourage you from opening a corridor straight into my house whenever you please. New Moon will get used to it.

[Doggy makes a small whine, and Saix obligingly reaches over to scratch his ears to calm him down.]

[flared]

You can train him all you want. Not me.

[He'll come and go whenever he wants, ok.]

[croceamors]

Yes, I'm well aware of what you'd do.

[So fuck off, this is his dog, not yours.]

So. Are we going to continue that conversation or have you criticize how I take care of my dog some more?

[flared]

We can continue.

[And as if this is his own house--which it very well might be in a week or two because of a certain bet--he goes ahead and flops down on a chair to make himself comfortable.]

So, you were saying?

[croceamors]

[You asshole. Saix glares a little more at that before focusing on the topic at hand.]

He killed me. That should be a fairly obvious reason, one I've already stated. There's also the fact that, regardless of what he knew, he didn't think to question anything. A naive, gullible fool with a weapon.

[He's a bit reluctant to mention anything else, and may not at all, if he can get away with it.]

[flared]

Like I said. He has friends. Ones he needed to protect and get home safely.

[And, really, if it hadn't been for Axel in the first place... Sora might not have succeeded.]

[croceamors]

[His lips thin.]

Of course. His friends. Strange how no consideration was given to any of the Organization about the ties held to one another, where they flimsily existed at all, about the things they desired to protect.

[Not that he cared for much of the rest of the Organization- but if he's going to pick at Sora's flaws, he may as well lay it out.]

[flared]

Ties? What ties?

[He scoffs, looking away.]

What was left of the Organization at that point was hardly a group of Nobodies who remotely respected or appreciated one another. But that's what you get from Nobodies.

[A beat]

... And even if Sora had never gotten through, the Heartless and the rest of the forces of Darkness would have ultimately foiled the Organization's plans anyway. Without a Keyblade wielder, without enough members to keep everything in motion, without Kingdom Hearts at full completion- Whether Sora was there or not, you were all going to fail.

[Slowly a smirk pulls at his lips]

You were never going to get that heart of yours just as much as me.

[croceamors]

[The look in his eyes gets more and more intense as Axel keeps talking, fingers curled into the palms of his hands tightly. By that last little comment, it looks as though he'd cleave Axel's head from his body with his stare alone if he could manage it.]

I would have gotten it back. I could have if you had simply stuck to the plan and not wandered off like a fool determined to seek death, and for that I can blame him as well.

[Because it had been his Nobody which had put the idea into Axel's head. Ultimately, the responsibility fell onto him.]

I had a chance to get back my heart if nothing else, and his actions ruined everything.

[flared]

What would it matter if you got your heart back? You wouldn't even be you anymore.

[Isa seems too far gone... It just wouldn't be worth it.]

[croceamors]

It would mean everything.

[The dog is starting to cower as Saix's voice starts to raise.]

I thought that was your problem with me, besides? That I was growing "distant", that I was acting more like 'Saix' than 'Isa'?

[flared]

Even if you earned your heart again, it wouldn't be yours.

[He looks away.]

You wouldn't be as you were.

[croceamors]

You don't know that.

[Now, it's his turn to scoff, fingers loosening a little bit.]

You're just scared of the future and changing- it's almost ironic.

[flared]

I'm fine with the future and change... but not when I know something bad is going to happen.

[He props his elbow up on the arm rest and rests his chin on his hand. He could just feel it- Saix wasn't going to be the same. Their plans to be recompleted wouldn't be worth it.]

[croceamors]

Just how did you know, then? What made you change your mind after so many years?

[flared]

[The color and spark in your eyes, never seeing you smile or hearing you laugh... Where did that all go?

But Axel just hangs his head and shuts his eyes with a small laugh. If Saix heard all that, he would just brush it off, call it stupid and insignificant. Of course he can't laugh, of course he can't smile like he used to. He's a Nobody...

But if Axel can do it-]

You wouldn't understand.

[croceamors]

[Whenever he gets like this, Saix nearly hates him for it. Acting like he's an idiot, like he's just plain incapable. Like he's never done a thing for him when everything has been for this damned idiot until he tossed him aside. Saix tightens his fingers into the cushions again and slowly releases them.]

Try me.

[flared]

[He glances at him out of the corner of his eyes, his head still slightly tuned away.]

Think you'd be able to handle it?

[croceamors]

[Saix leans forward, shoulders hunched and hands on his knees like he's prone to do when he becomes invested in something.]

I can handle anything you could think to throw at me.

[flared]

[That smirk returns to Axel's lips just before he pushes forward and stands from his seat. From there he makes his way over until he's a step away from where Saix is. Maybe he's ridiculous... but that's the be expected from Lea's Nobody, right?

Axel's quick. Arms held out, he attempts to push Saix back against his seat so he can get as close a look as possible to his eyes. Maybe he's just not seeing it... maybe he hasn't looked closely enough. But- he's not wrong.

He definitely can't see it anymore.]

[croceamors]

[Saix tenses as Axel gets up. One of the ways that made Axel such a good partner, the perfect person to go to places like Oblivion, was how unpredictable he could be. At some point over the years, Saix has realized not even he's immune to falling for a false sense of security around him. So he watches the other Nobody carefully, jaw clenched and eyes untrusting.]

[At the feel of hands suddenly pressing down on his shoulders, Saix automatically resists just out of habit. But after a brief second, he lets him. What will this prove? He doesn't know. It's not what he was expecting. But who knows what goes through Axel's mind. So Saix lets him, glaring right back into those bright green eyes he thought he knew.]

[He thought he knew a lot of things.]

[New Moon gives a low growl, ears twitching back and hackles raised, not sure of what's going on here. Saix just calmly places one hand on the dogs muzzle, not breaking eye contact with Axel. His own stare is hard and cold, untrusting and accusing.]