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Ikurx
By Kitteh and NeoFox
Rating: PG - 13
Warnings: Language, violence, romance
Pairings: Riku x Sora, Axel x Roxas
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts and characters belong to Square Enix and Disney
Summary: After the defeat of Organization XIII, Sora and Riku find happiness in the simplicity of a normal life. A year later King Mickey sends a summons that the fight with the Organization isn't truly done yet. Light. Dark. As long as either exists the battle is never over.
Beta: NeoFox and Kitteh

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Part 2 of 2

Soon the gummi door slid open just a crack so four eyes one on top of another could peer inside. Zax grunted uncomfortably as Donald had taken onto standing on his back since he was leaning over. Goofy pushed Donald down so he could get a look atop and Cloud tried his best to casually get a look through the crack over Goofy.

"Ow-!" Zax hissed. "Watch it."

"Shhh!"

"A-yuck, sorry."

"Can you see anything?"

"It's hard to get a look see when your webbed foot is blocking my view. What's going on?"

"I can't see much." Cloud pushed down on Goofy's head to try and get a better look no matter how uncomfortable it made the others underneath. He pushed his eye closer to the crack, but still couldn't see very well. "It's too dark in there to get a good look." He pushed down more on Goofy as he tried to crane his neck further.

Donald let out a rather annoyed sound under the two. "Hey! Quit moving so much!" He tried to get his balance back by steadying his hands on Zax's head since he had been pushed so far down.

Zax was forced on his knees and let out a low growl at having his hair pulled by the duck who was trying to keep steady on his back. "Stop pushing and pulling up there. I'm too low- I can't see a damn thing."

"I think they're sleep'n. I c'n see sum'n on the bed. There's two things a glow'n thar." Goofy tried to get a better look but ended up bonking his head on Cloud's chin. "Ow!"

Inside one of the sleeping preoccupants rubbed their eyes at all the noise outside the door. Whoever it was, they weren't very good at being quiet. Ikurx pushed himself up to sit, realizing he'd dozed off on the Heartless. Silently he pushed himself off the bed to stagger over to the door. Curiosity got the better of Ikurx and he pushed the button that opened the sliding door, unfortunately it removed the wall all four occupants had been leaning so intently on and they all fell forward with a crash on the poor Nobody.

Demyx was quick to sit up on the bed and stare at the sudden pile of bodies that were in front of the door. He had heard the noises, but chose to ignore them. It was when Ikurx got up and opened the door he was finally forced to pay attention to his surroundings. He didn't really expect to see what was in front of him at that moment. "Uhh..."

Cloud groaned a little before he finally pulled himself back up to at least sit on his knees. He shook his head to try and clear it from the sudden dizzy feeling of being tossed on the floor, but only made himself feel worse. His eyes roamed around the room and locked on Demyx, causing him to scowl before he looked back down.

Zax gave a grunt as he pushed himself up off the Nobody, affectively shoving Donald and Goofy back off him. He blinked down at the rather startled teenager. "Erm- uh, hi Ikurx."

The Nobody rubbed the back of his head with a flinch and was much appreciated when Zax helped him sit up. "Owww." Though, it didn't hurt as much as it sounded. “Mister Z-.. Oh! A duck." He couldn't help tapping Donald's bill. "In a hat."

Donald blinked at Ikurx's need to tap him and quickly shook his head. "H-Hey! Cut that out!" His earlier curiosity to meet Ikurx was put on hold and instead he just wanted the teenager to stop poking at him in such a way.

Demyx's curiosity rose at Ikurx's quick words spoken. He narrowed his eyes a bit to try and get a better look at what was going on and nearly froze up at what he saw. It wasn't just Cloud and Zax that had fallen on top of Ikurx. There were two others there as well and he knew exactly who they were. It only caused him to scoot back as far as he could on the bed while he tried to hide his face in his knees.

"Well you are a duck and you do wear a hat, Donald." Goofy scratched his head under his hat at the observation Ikurx had made.

"Oh!" Ikurx's attention turned to Goofy when he talked. He pointed to Goofy. "A dog in a hat." He blinked. "And vest."

"This is Donald." Zax gave a tug on the duck's bill. "And this is Goofy." With his other hand he tugged the dog's ear in gesture. He laughed when either of them swatted his hands away.

"They're the other crew members we were telling you about earlier, Ikurx." Cloud was quick to comment as soon as he got his aggravation under control. "They wanted to meet you as soon as we got done telling them about you. Not to mention we just wanted to check up on you since you were so out of it before." It was close enough to the truth and he shot a glance to the others that told them to keep their mouths shut otherwise.

"Pleased'ta meecha, Ikurx." Goofy tipped his hat to Ikurx with a wide smile.

"Oh. You already do know my name. Well, it's nice to meet you too, Mister Goofy. Mister Donald." Ikurx nodded to each animal. He couldn't help reaching out towards Donald again to poke his bill curiously once more.

Donald moved backwards before Ikurx could even touch him and slapped a hand over his face just in case. He kept careful eyes on Ikurx for a few seconds, making sure the teen wouldn't try reaching for him again. When he finally spoke up he still refused to move his hand which made his words muffled. "Yeah, sure. So, where's the Heartless?"

Cloud glared hard at Donald over the simple fact the duck had brought such a thing up. Ikurx didn't need to know that they had been trying to snoop around. It was bad enough the boy knew Zax and himself didn't like the Heartless. He didn't need to know that Demyx would be hated with the rest of the crew.

On the bed Demyx tried his best to scoot back even further at just the mention of what he was. As an extra precaution he even shut his eyes. He hoped that maybe he could blend in well enough with the shadows and they would be none the wiser. Maybe they would even forget about him completely.

Zax bonked Donald hard on the head for his big mouth. "You're so tactless, duck. How about being a little more hospitable to our guest, hm? It's not like we haven't been searching for him world after world after world." He gave Donald a look, much like Cloud's; he didn't want any trouble either. "We'd end up rolling out the red carpet for your Keyblade Master."

Ikurx looked from Zax to Donald and back again. He was quite confused, his mind still groggy from sleep. Something was tugging on his mind, something he couldn't place; something important was missing. But Ikurx couldn't figure what, since he hadn't met half of the people who fell on him. Though apparently the duck knew what a Heartless was. "... Key? Master?" Had he heard that title before?

Cloud was quick to open his mouth this time before Donald could. Besides, the other was too busy nursing his head to really answer Ikurx's curious question. "Yeah, Keyblade Master. He's the friend of theirs that we're also on the look out for. They got separated from him a while back and haven't seen him since."

"We fell in some kinda glowing pool. Then we woke up in some kinda flower pod and Cloud and Zax found us. In some kinda ruined church I think."

Ikurx's eyes widened. "Th-the church?" He lowered his head as he gave it all some thought. But nothing came; his mind was far too gauzy. He slowly shook his head. "I don't remember anyone called a 'Keyblade Master'... I don't think." He rubbed the side of his head. "So much has gone on; I can't tell my right from my left anymore."

Tense the Heartless friend he had; but Zax didn't say that comment out loud. "Can't say I've ever met the ever-so-fabled and legendary Keyblade Master myself. But apparently he's done a lot of good since I've been gone." He shrugged. "Or so I keep hearing from the way these two guys prattle on about him." He smirked as he gestured with a thumb towards Donald and Goofy.

Across the room on the bed Demyx had kept his silence, but the conversation was of course only making him feel more and more tense. He couldn't help peeking an eye open to watch the others converse about the one person he knew they were talking about. He only felt lucky that Sora hadn't been able to use the keyblade as a Heartless. If so then Ikurx would have been able to keep up with what was being said much easier.

"Well, it's true." Donald was quick to speak up after Zax's words. "Even before all of this happened he saved the worlds, with our help of course." Donald nodded as if it were the most obvious thing. "We were trying to do just that again before we were separated, but now we have to find him again and start back at square one."

"Oh." Ikurx nodded to the new information Donald gave like a perking student. "Strange how I've never heard of you all before." Donald and Goofy nearly fell over at that remark.

Goofy rubbed the back of his head; it was kind of strange. He blinked and then gave a closer look to Ikurx. He knew he was a forgetful dog, he was always reminded just how bad his memory truly was. "Say, Ikurx, I hope you don't mind me ask'n. But, have we ever met before?" He rubbed his chin as he gave it a hard think, really trying to place it.

Ikurx shook his head. "No.", his answer was simple and airy from fatigue. "I think I would remember a dog and duck in a hat."

Cloud looked back and forth between Ikurx and the two animals for a few seconds before he let out a small sigh. "Alright you two. I think you've spoken to him about this enough. He's supposed to be getting rest; you don't need to be bugging him about your own worries and other such things." He waved his hand in a dismissive way, moving the topic along.

Demyx eased up at those words since it seemed like they'd be dropping the subject finally. Still, he didn't move back to the edge of the bed and stayed right near the wall. He felt it safest until they were all out of the room.

"You heard the man." Zax nabbed both Goofy and Donald by the back of their shirts, lifting either to escort them out, despite the loud fuss they made. "You've fallen on him, I think that's enough."

Ikurx looked up at Cloud from the floor; he doubted he could stand up on his own power, but that didn't seem to spoil his new good mood. Meeting new people had distracted him from his own problems. "They seem nice." He smiled up at Cloud.

"Once you get past the annoyance, then yeah, they're nice." Cloud was quick to respond while he watched Zax take both Donald and Goofy out of the room. In an instant he turned his eyes back on Ikurx and kept his gaze on the Nobody for a few moments. The teen didn't seem all that troubled aside from just tired and it was that knowledge that had Cloud finally letting out a sigh as he stood up, but not without putting out a hand to help Ikurx up as well. "You're doing okay, right?" He couldn't help asking and automatically looked over to the bed, blinking when he noticed that the Heartless was no longer sitting at the edge.

Ikurx loosely held onto Cloud's shirt to keep upright on unsteady legs. "I'm better than I was, yes." He turned his head to follow Cloud's gaze. He noticed the someone missing too, and his gaze darted all around to find him. "Mister Demyx?" It was the peeking glow of eyes that gave the Heartless away. Had it not been for the glow, Ikurx wouldn't have noticed the dark huddled form in the corner. Ikurx's smile began to fall. "Are you okay?"

Demyx's head shot up at the question and he had to calm himself before he spoke up or he was certain his voice would shake. "Yeah, I'm fine." He crawled back over to the edge of the bed and tried his best to smile for Ikurx since he was in the light once again. Although, he couldn't help looking at Cloud for a quick second before he did.

Cloud caught the look and only narrowed his eyes in return. He still refused to be friendly to a Heartless, but would try to stay on equal ground for Ikurx's sake. He glanced back at Ikurx and steadied the teen before he finally stepped away. "Get some more rest. Zax and I will be at the front of the ship if you need anything." He ruffled Ikurx's hair before he finally turned to make his way out, letting the door slide closed after him.

Ikurx smiled, as minute as it was, he appreciated the ruffling of hair. It made him feel just like the 'kid' that both Cloud and Zax called him. Ikurx couldn't help running a hand through his hair and noticed just how matted his hair was, not to mention the dirty state his hand and wrist warmers were.

With a light hearted sigh Ikurx flopped down to sit on the bed beside Demyx looking over his hands backwards and forwards. "I'm really dirty, aren't I?"

Demyx actually let out a quiet laugh at such an obvious observation. "Yeah, you are." He leaned forward so he could better see Ikurx's face. "But, that's why your friends said they were going to stop off somewhere. To get you all cleaned up." He gave another small smile, but it was a bit more nervous then the last. "I'd help you out, but so far I've only made things worse."

"No, I wouldn't say that. I always like your help." Ikurx smiled more before he rested his hands on his own lap. "I don't know what I'll wear though. My clothes are as dirty as I am." He gave a soft amused sound. "I just kind of woke up in these. I don't have anything else." He tugged idly at the arm warmer.

Demyx reached over to pull at Ikurx's clothes while he spoke up. "I'm sure they wouldn't leave you with nothing. They'll probably clean up your clothes too." He pulled his hand back and rested it on the bed between them. "Don't worry, everything will be just fine."

Ikurx pulled off one arm warmer. He rubbed his wrist, seeing and feeling his own wrist for the very first time. "You're afraid of them, aren't you?" the words left the Nobody suddenly. "Not just Mister Cloud and Zax, but Mister Donald and Goofy too." He splayed his hand; the skin was so clean and pale on his wrist and forearm in comparison to the grim of his hand.

"W-What?" Demyx blinked and sat up straight. He didn't think that Ikurx would catch on to how he had been acting so easily. At most he hoped that the Nobody would just shrug it off as him not wanting to be around people that hated him. "What makes you say that?" He smiled weakly after the question.

"You were huddled in the corner," Ikurx stated simply as he pointed to where Demyx had been. "Hiding."

Demyx snapped his mouth shut at that and looked down at his lap. He had been caught and had to think of something to say. The truth would have been best, but still he tried to be as subtle as possible as horrible as it made him feel. "Those two, they are about as fond of Heartless as your two friends are. I didn't feel it very safe to start any confrontation."

Ikurx gave a small nod and didn't question it further. He pulled off his other arm warmer and set both beside him on the bed so he was free to rub both wrists, as weird as it felt. "Mi-mmm Demyx? Can I ask you a question? It's something I wanted to ask Mister Cloud... but, I want to stay here to keep you company right now."

Demyx found it a little odd that Ikurx would rather ask him a question then Cloud. He didn't know of anything that he could answer Ikurx, but felt rather grateful that the Nobody would want to stay with him instead. "Hmm? What is it?" He looked up to give the Nobody his full attention.

Ikurx paused in rubbing his wrist and shyly looked over to Demyx. "I-is it alright to lie to someone to make them happy?"

Demyx pressed his lips into a thin line at such a question and he seemed more then hesitant to answer. Soon enough he was looking away so he could flop back onto the bed, looking up at the ceiling again. "You shouldn't ask a Heartless such a thing, Ikurx. We're selfish beings. If we have to lie to get what we want then we will. Lying makes no difference to us, so, in that sense I'd tell you that it doesn't matter."

Demyx was silent for a few seconds after his own words before a thoughtful sound left him. "But, I don't want to give you the kind of advice that comes from a corrupted mind. In all truth you probably shouldn't do such a thing. Lying only hurts." He shut his eyes, blocking everything from sight.

Ikurx continued to watch Demyx on the bed. He made a small sound from his throat. "So... I should just ask Mister Cloud my question instead?" He looked down to the star charm hanging from the collar of his shirt and fiddled with it weakly. "Lying isn't just designated to Heartless. Humans, even Nobodies can lie. But if the lie is made to make someone happy... is it really all that bad?" He looked back to Demyx.

"I suppose it depends on the lie." The one heated kiss back on the beach flitted through Demyx's mind and it forced him to open his eyes back up, narrowing them on the ceiling. "Lies always seem to lead to something bad." The quiet words left him before he turned his attention on Ikurx. He gave a simple shrug, but tried to smile weakly before he continued. "Even if you're trying to make someone happy it might end up back firing in the end. You have to be careful, Ikurx."

The Nobody found himself looking back to his hand. He busied himself with attempting to scratch the grime off his hand. "Since you're a Heartless, I guess you've lied before." He looked from his hands to Demyx with a tentative look. "Have they always been for selfish reasons? Have you ever lied for good reasons? To make someone happy?"

Demyx stared at Ikurx for a few seconds with no real expression on his own face. It was the first time he had ever really just looked at Ikurx with no real hint of a smile or even a nervous twitch. All he could do was watch the Nobody until he finally glanced back up at the ceiling of the ship. "In a way, but it certainly wasn't for any selfish reason."

Ikurx felt a small part of himself shrink inside at such a solemn answer. It almost felt as devoid as the insides of a Nobody. It certainly sent strange fear through Ikurx. It had him hesitant to continue the conversation. "... Can I ask what it was?" the question left Ikurx in a small voice.

Demyx continued to stare at the ceiling for a few seconds after the question. He thought back to all the little answers he had given Ikurx so far about his own Nobody and what had happened to himself. About why he had been hiding so well earlier. It all felt like lying, but in reality it wasn't. Just leaving out a few details to keep the Nobody safe. At least that's what he told himself.

In a quick movement Demyx sat back up and turned his head to smile as wide as he could at Ikurx. It was as if nothing had been troubling him just moments ago. He lifted a hand up and waved a finger back and forth before he poked it at the Nobody's head. "Nope, sorry, can't tell ya."

Ikurx chirped at the poke. He rubbed the spot; surprised Demyx had a sudden change of attitude. "No? How come?" He blinked a few times but a smile slowly made its way on his lips; though small and unsure.

"Because..." Demyx started out slowly while he dropped his hand. He leaned closer to Ikurx and soon their noses were almost touching. The smile never left his face and for once the nervous shaking didn't accompany his actions. "It's a secret." After the playful words left him he pressed a quick kiss to Ikurx's lips, finding it enjoyable and a nice way to get the Nobody's mind off what was being talked about.

Ikurx opened his mouth and just as quickly he closed it. The kiss successfully robbed him of any words or arguments that was going to leave his mouth. It had him pouting just a little since he was at such a loss. He leaned his head up so they were actually nose to nose. "That's unfair." Ikurx leaned forward a little more. "You know everything about me, probably more than I do. But I know so very little about you." He tilted his head nearer still and finally he smiled. "I think there's some sort of unspoken rule that says you shouldn't be kissing someone you don't know." He gave the smallest of playful laughs.

Demyx smiled a little more at hearing Ikurx laugh once again. He rubbed their noses together before he pulled back from the small space that was left between them. "Well, you've been asking me questions. So, in a way you've been learning some things about me." He hopped up off the bed to stand on his feet and turned around to look down at Ikurx as quick as he could. "Of course, I won't stop you if you want to ask anything else. I'm an open book. If it helps you understand some things better, then I don't mind."

"Hmn." Ikurx looked up at Demyx. He knitted his fingers together on his lap like an eager student, to listen and learn. "Well. Now I'm not sure what to ask now." He swayed from side to side as he gave it some thought. "Oh! I know, tell me about your Somebody. What were you like? Was he much different than who you are now?  Did you have a job? A family? Did you love anyone? Are you going to try to go back to your old life now?" He paused, now wondering where he'd then fit in the equation if Demyx did try to seek out his old life. Ikurx lowered his head so he could peek up through his pale bangs. But it wasn't that thought he questioned. "Will you continue to lie?"

It was the last question Ikurx asked which grabbed Demyx's attention first. His smile turned sad and the most he could do was shrug a shoulder. "I'm not really all that sure. I guess it all depends on what happens." He left it at that before he moved on to Ikurx's other questions. "My Somebody, huh? Well, to tell the truth I don't remember very much. It's what happens when you get thrown in the separation between Nobody and Heartless." He tapped his foot against the floor in a steady rhythm while he looked back up at the ceiling. "I vaguely remember people close to me, possibly a family. I'm not real sure if I had a job, though. I don't even think I loved anyone to be quite honest."

Demyx turned his eyes back on Ikurx after his last few words and gave a weak laugh. "I know that's probably not very much. You probably would have liked to know a lot more, but, my Nobody knew way more then I do. The memories have slipped by me. They've probably done the same to most if not all of us. Zexion is probably the luckiest of us all right now in that department." He shook his head. "I do know that once I'm whole I'm just going to take things as they come and you're coming with me, remember that. We made plans." He reached out and poked Ikurx once again.

The Nobody went cross eyed to see the finger poking him. He smiled a little more. "A band. I didn't forget." He pursed his lips thoughtfully. "Will you remember more when you're a Somebody?" He rested his hands down on the bed to get more comfortable. "Wait, if your Nobody remembers more- how come I don't remember anything about who I was- er- am... my other half; R-Riku." He raised his hands to look at the palms, then the backs. "I remember fragments sometimes. More when I'm around people Riku knows." His hands shyly went to his mouth. "Sora mostly...”

Demyx watched the Nobody for a few seconds before he took the few steps back over to the bed to sit down. "Well, Riku is pretty close to Sora. It would make sense that you remember things while you're around him." His eyes trailed down to stare at the floor beneath their feet. "To tell the honest truth, it's a bit difficult to explain. Roxas never remembered anything while he was a Nobody. At least not while he was in the Organization. He was a lot like you in that sense and the rest of us kept him in the dark. Even Axel. We had to. It was an order."

Demyx moved one of his hands over to place it on top of Ikurx's own while he continued to speak. It was one of the few ways he could think of to help comfort the other during the conversation. "It all depends on how a Nobody is born I suppose. Zexion forced Riku to let go completely and in the worst of ways. You were trapped for a long time, Ikurx. Riku is still able to live without you, so, he still retains every single memory of his life despite how he acts now. I'm not saying the way he is now is good in any way, but, the fact that he's still able to walk amongst the worlds without you...it makes sense as to why you were allowed very few of his memories."

Ikurx nodded, looking to Demyx's hand on his. He took the Heartless' hand and gently held it between both of his like he had before. "Trapped," the one word echoed from the Nobody. "Vexen said that it's in my nature to want to use my gift, despite who it is I'm helping make whole again. He said I owed it to Zexion for my existence. I believed him. It seemed fair." He looked to Demyx, his brows furrowing slightly. "Does that make me a bad person?"

"Not at all." Demyx shook his head after his own words. His eyes had strayed to their hands and he kept his attention on them. "You can't help wanting to do what you were born to. It would be like telling me not to ever control water again or telling Axel never to control fire." He gave a weak laugh. "You just can't prevent something like that. We're all meant to use each gift or bit of power given to us. Whether for good or bad, it doesn't really matter. You can't hold yourself back."

"Like being a Heartless... lying, hurting people, hating people, corrupting. You can't help it... Axel can't help it...and Riku can't help it." Ikurx held their hands to his chest as his gaze went far off for a moment. "It's as natural as breathing air, and for some, as normal as a heart beat. But Nobodies don't have a driving force like Heartless do, do I? We walk along the rim of worlds... I can see why your group said 'we shouldn't exist'. A purposeless existence seems kind of pointless, doesn't it?" He tilted his head one way. "Not good." Then the other way. "Not evil. Not dark or light. We can't hate or love. ... But, I don't think that's a good enough reason to say Nobodies shouldn't exist. With black and white, there are always shades of grey." He smiled a little at the Heartless. "Things aren't always 'yes' or 'no'; sometimes there's a 'maybe'."

Demyx looked up to meet Ikurx's eyes and after a few seconds he smiled a little in return. "A maybe?" He spoke the echoed words quietly before his smile grew a bit. "Yeah, I suppose so." He let out a small laugh and reached his free hand over to wrap it around Ikurx, pulling the Nobody closer. "See? Things aren't always as bad as they seem. You'll be okay and in some way so will everything else."

Ikurx leaned against the Heartless, resting his hands on the other's shoulder so he could in turn rest his head on his hands. He gave a soft smile up at the Heartless. "Maybe, Demyx."
'Does that make me a bad person?'
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Hahaha, the beginning was so funny! XD They really aren't sneaky at all.
And Ikurx just reminds me of a female version of Riku. He's not manly at all, hahahaha! But I love him for that. It's so freaking cute.