[Incomplete] A Challenge

[xi-dead-roses.livejournal.com]

When; Today
Rating; PG
Characters; Marluxia [xi_dead_roses], Larxene [lightningknife], Axel [withinfire]
Summary; On discovering Axel has returned, Marluxia and Larxene decide to pay him a little visit. However, Axel is not too happy at the uninvited entrance..

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Ah, the victory of torment. Marluxia dismissed the laptop which he had been using to communicate Axel with, a smirk appearing on his face. This dingy, dank apartment was truly pathetic, but learning of it wasn't too hard. Considering the way the Nobodies knew of the others' presences the moment they were within the vicinity, it was easy to track down where his dear traitor had re-appeared in. And so, he had followed.

Larxene, outside.

Axel hadn't been too pleased and he was certain the fool was trying to chase him off. No matter, a bigger playing ground was well-liked than the trap that would be that apartment. Of course, he'd made sure to leave a few 'presents' for it's inhabitants in the form of poisonous 'snap-dragons'-- flowers with snapping mouths, his own little design-- and now, as the darkness receded behind hm through his portal, he chuckled aloud as he stepped onto the large empty ground Axel had decided to retreat away into. He wasn't afraid, he had no capability to be even if he wanted to, and oh, it wasn't him who would be afraid within the next few moments.

Oh, no. That privelige was to be held for his dear little traitor.

"Poor,dear Axel. Running away already? And I was just getting comfortable." he cooed silkily, stretching his hand to a side, darkness swirling in his hand as he focused his dark blue gaze onto his red-haired adversary. His grin widened. "It's been a while."





[Leaving it vague, so, um, yes. X3]

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[lightningknife.livejournal.com]

Larxene warped out from the ring of flames, sustaining nary a singed eyebrow (singed boots, on the other hand, she did get. Pity. She liked those boots.)
She stood back and watched for a minute, waiting for an opening to strike- and she found it. As Axel went in for the kill, she warped behind him, aiming the knives in her hand to stab him in the back.

((Sorry my posts are so short, guys. ^^;;; ))

[withinfire.livejournal.com]

[Sorry, I really can't wait for this log any longer, since it sort of decides Axel's situation from now on. If y'all don't mind, I'm just gonna speed things up a bit.]

One after the other, sharp spikes of pain ignited along Axel's back, causing him to flinch and yelp a little, his concentration that he needed so desperately to pull off his attack broken completely. Knowing that heading in like that might prove fatal, the redhead decided to warp out of his position again, leaving Larxene and Marluxia alone.

He reappeared out of side behind their positions and grunted. "That was a perfect opportunity... damn that bitch," he angrily whispered to himself as he reached for the knives impaled in his back. He pulled them out one by one, feeling the wounds over. Not very deep, but not very good either. He needed a plan... something that would keep him out of the line of fire; at least from back-attacks like that.

Axel looked around the 'battlefield' and got an idea. He prepared to warp again, but stayed in his position a little longer to say, "You know, you two..."

The Dancing Flames continued when he landed in a different spot, saying, "You keep calling me cowardly..." Another warp, and he went on upon reappearing, "... traitor... mongrel... all these not so nice names..." He was by the fountain this time, aimlessly touching the water with a gloved finger. "And yet you guys are the worst cowards, rotten traitors, mongrels... and anything else you may have called me."

This warp took him near a bench, onlooking where the other two Nobodies stood. "The biggest cowards. I wouldn't mind this so much if one of you had come, but the both of you? What..." Another warp. "... you guys can't take me on by yourselves? You have to team up to have any hopes of scratching me?"

And again he was by the fountain, this time sitting on the rim and playfully beckoning them over. He planned to warp again before they could meet up with him, but that could always go wrong. Still, he sat, taunting, "If you want to take me on seriously, to give me a 'message,' or whatever? Do it by yourselves. This two-on-one thing is really tacky."

[xi-dead-roses.livejournal.com]

Had Marluxia known that Axel believed he was in any way upset about him, he would make sure to correct him by -slicing- that into Axel's head. He could have cared less that he'd had Axel or not back at Oblivion. The only reason he wished for any sort of 'lesson' to be taught to the ungrateful dancing flame was because HE was the indirect reason that Marluxia had been KILLED at all.

Not only that, right now, Axel had the audacity to ENJOY himself or flaunt himself the way he did, ignoring the fact that he had been the very root of what had destroyed him in the first place?

Unforgivable, as far as Marluxia could see. Rolling his eyes at the way the other disappeared and re-appeared, a sense of cool calm coming over him and a dark grin appearing on his face as the other began to channel his power, Marluxia's eyes flashed darkly and as soon as Axel finished his speech, Marluxia had turned. The scythe was being charged with full energy and before either of the would be able to see him, he had moved, vanished, moved again, faster than their eyes could catch.

And the next thing Axel would feel would be the cold, bright steel-pink blade of the scythe's tip cutting into his gut, Marluxia now re-appearing in front of him with the blade having swung, grinning like the grim reaper of death himself as he swung it back, swinging it in one hand before gripping it by the length itself.

".. the traitor speaks of cowardice. How amusing." he breathed the words, extending a hand and immediately summoning forth a chain of thorned vines that would come crashing from the ground to latch themselves around Axel's throat and tug him down, hopefully smashing that hideous face into the ground itself, and the smirk with it.

"We don't listen to your orders, Axel." Marluxia's voice was chilly, warning-like. ".. and we never have. To resort to name-calling, my little weed.." he chuckled now, swinging the head of the scythe's blade against Axel's back here Larxene had stabbed him to make the wounds burn.

".. will be a mistake you will do well not to make again." even as he spoke, he smirked as the portals began forming behind him.

"Consider this a warning. For what you did then and what you are doing now.. I. Will pay you back. Bit.. " a harsh kick to his side. "By.." his scythe pulled back, disappearing into the shadows. ".. bit."

A soft chuckle as he nodded his head to Larxene.

"Retreat."

And then, he was gone himself, a black rose dropping where he had been standing, next to Axel, and his laughter echoing from the shadows he vanished into.

He hadn't killed him. Oh, no. But he would.

And he would spend as long as it took in doing that.

Such fun.. ah yes. This city was becoming interesting already.

Be careful what you wish for, Axel..

I will come for you again.

[withinfire.livejournal.com]

Left on the ground with the blood he should not even have, Axel slowly started to push himself up. His left arm went to cup the wound Marluxia had made in his gut as if to check to see if anything had been... displaced, while his right continued to push him up. He rested his weight on his knees and wiped at stray blood that had gotten to his mouth. After his hand pulled away, he grinned.

Next time, Axel would be ready, and he figured it would be a fairer game next time, just the two of them. Marluxia wanted revenge; fine, but it would make the battle much sweeter if it were to be man-to-man. If anything, Axel would take Larxene out on his own to prevent such an ambush from happening again. But for now, as green eyes trailed to familiar apartment windows, it was time to go back.

He hoped Roxas knew some decent Cure spells...

[&done;]

[lightningknife.livejournal.com]

"Hey, what?" Larxene glared at where Marluxia had been standing. "Retreat? But it was just getting good!"
Axel had disappeared too though, so she might as well go home. For now.
He wanted her to fight him one on one? Oh, she would gladly do that whenever.

((done here too. XD man, I feel so inadequate next to you guys' posts!))