Nyx asked if she could speak to me. I had seen this coming, I just wondered if I really wanted to hear what she had to say. No...I couldn't do that. I had to hear her out. Giving her a grim expression, I turned back towards the girls. Xyta was wearing a bitter face.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING STANDING AROUND?!" I shouted. "Get back to your training! Or do I have to HOLD YOUR HAND?!" Pulling down her eyelid, Xyta stuck her tongue at me, but ran back to the center and started her exercises again. Aidex came back over as I extended my finger and beckoned her. "You are her supervisor Aidex. In other words, make sure she doesn't overdo it, or strain herself. I must speak with Nyx." Aidex nodded and took her place on the sideline.
"If you're too busy RaXi-" Nyx began.
I formed a portal. "This way." I stepped through. Into the room I had previously rested in, no one would disturb us here. Nyx followed, slightly hesitant. That wasn't a good sign...it meant she was debating as to whether she should tell me just what she felt she had to say. I instructed her to sit down...but she wouldn't until I did. "Nyx..."
"No...don't say anything RaXi...I'm sure you know what I'm here to talk about." She cut me off. "It's...about Xerebus...I know you don't trust him...but this is something I feel I have to tell you."
I sighed deeply and closed my eyes...but I listened. I listened to every single detail she shared with me. Who he was...who SHE remembered being. Their....relationship. Her current 'feelings'. It was...overwhelming. My finger instinctively went to my lips as I deliberated on just how to handle all of this. I must accept him? Just like that? No...I can't...I wouldn't....
"I do not condone this." I spoke harshly, standing up and turning away from her. "Even overlooking all he has done in his attempt to reclaim--" My sentence was broken off by a loud echo in my mind. Verex... 'You won't CONDONE it? Isn't that for Nyx to decide herself? You're acting like her parent....' I cringed at the thoughts...but he was right. I was wrong...I didn't have a choice here. If I refused this...Nyx...she would just leave me. And then what protection could I be to her? She...loved him. I honestly...did not comprehend this emotion. Why....if it was so great...why did it always cause so much pain? I turned around and looked at her. The smile I had wanted to remain...was nowhere to be found. It was replaced with a sorrowful expression, and what could only be described as tears were welling up in her eyes. She so very desperately needed my approval. What could only be described as 'guilt' began to swell within me. "...that is what I would say....if only I didn't know how important this is to you." I covered up with a false smile. "I will...play nice." I relinquished.
She looked more relieved, yet she was still not convinced.
"Very well, you do not believe me? I will confirm this with him myself." I spoke, opening a portal.
"RaXi, No! It's okay, I believe you!" She spoke quickly.
"Wait here. I'm going to prove it to you. You can speak to him later, and see that I mean what I say." I explained. "After all, if I'm able to be in a room alone with him, that should be enough...correct?" Before she could object, I stepped through, into his room. He was standing at the window.
The man didn't flinch, nor did he move an inch. He didn't acknowledge my presence in the slightest. "She loves the moon...did you know that?" He spoke.
I glared at him from the side. "Do not insult me. As though I don't know something so very basic about her. But if you truly wish to play this game... Did you know she hates it when we fight? She can be so careless when she wants to protect us from each other...but in the end it's her smile that forces us to stop. She adored Saix from the very core of her being, and is the most forgiving person I know. Even when...with my own hands I cut her down...it was HER that picked me up and forgave me. She loves Sea-salt ice cream...but ONLY IF she's eating it with friends. And she adores the sea...even though she hates the sunlight, she always made an exception when Demyx drug us to the beach. She..." I paused, losing myself in all I had wanted to say. He had turned to face me during my ramblings, a slight look of shock on his face. I looked straight into his eyes. "She may have been this 'goddess' previously...but she is and will always be just simple 'Nyx' to me. The funny...kind...careless girl...and I swear her smile will remain."
"Then our goals aren't so different-"
"Don't talk to me as though we are allies. I have agreed to accept you..." I spoke, approaching closer. Ice began to slowly cluster on the walls, and the floor froze over with each footstep I took. I stopped very close to him, looking into his face, I gave him a deadly glare. "However....you must fulfill your role to Nyx. She claims to 'love' you...very well then. Tarnish or betray this 'love' of hers....and I WILL hunt you down. Should the smile leave her face, and become tears...know that I will be your executioner. I will send you to Master Saix...where your hell will only continue once he hears what you did to that girl. Are we understood?"
He cracked a slight smirk. "I believe so. Quite elaborate and brash though..."
My eyes narrowed. "Smirk all you like, that is no idle threat." Turning, I formed a portal. "Think positively though, give me no reason to HUNT you...and we should be just fine."
I returned to Nyx, who was pacing nervously. I put on a smile. "There...I told him that I accept him."
Nyx gave me a sideways glance. "Just like that...? And...everything is..."
"Everything is fine." I feigned, knowing that Xerebus would never speak of my threats to Nyx. At least not if he really did care about her. That would just cause her unnecessary worry. I had presented him with a bit of a 'test' one could say. To see if they were really as close as Nyx believed. "Now...I have a favor..."
"What is it?"
"Can you please watch over Xyta and Aidex for a moment...I...have to speak with someone briefly..." I asked. She accepted the task, and I opened a portal...reluctantly stepping through after taking a deep breath.
~RaXi
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Kira: Heh Heh....leave it to RaXi...to be as cold as ever. But I see quite the WEAKNESS! What RaXi? Can't stand for Nyx to be sad?!
RaXi: Shut your mouth, or I'll do it for you...
Kira: Aw, why so glum...grumpy? >3> OH! Could it be that you have to-**ice seals mouth**
RaXi: *-*
Kira: -x-'''
--Hope that came out alright! ^^;--
