Demyx sighed as he walked into his room. There, on his bed, Axel was laying face-down and his depression was practically oozing off of him. "Dude, that's just completely off."

"She hates me," Axel murmured, his hair almost drooping with the heavy air of sadness surrounding his entire being... if vampires have beings.

"Larxene?" the red mass of hair nodded, so Demyx had to assume that Axel did too. "Well, yeah. But, what else is new, right?" Demyx tried to make a light joke, but it obviously didn't work. "Just explain it to her."

"I can't." Axel banged his head on the bed, giving a small gasp of surprise as the springs bounce made his head pop back up and make him fall off of the said bed.

Demyx threw himself onto the bed and looked down at the fallen Axel with amusement, "Listen Axel. Vampire pride be damned, if you can't be with your lifemate. You just have to apologize, then-"

"I can't" Axel repeated, his green eyes darker than usual to show his conflict.

Demyx was getting a little annoyed and threw his arms in the air, "Well, why the hell not?"

"She told me not to." Axel replied simply, and closed his eyes in irritation.

"..." Demyx rose an eyebrow, "She told you... not to apologize?" He laid down on the bed and looked at the ceiling, "That makes no sense at all."

"She told me to leave her alone," Axel sighed and Demyx could hear him shift into a sitting position. "If I even talk to her, it'll hurt like a mother-"

"I see..." Demyx rubbed his temples. "I'm guessing she didn't mean for it to be an order... at least not in that sense."

Axel sighed again, shaking his head in depression, "Well, I obviously can't let her know that she gave me an order."

Demyx pat his friend encouragingly on the back, "Don't worry, it'll get through to her after a little conversation; courtesy of the Amazing Demyx."

.:Larxene.:

"I hate him," Larxene growled, leaning against a tree. "I was actually going to apologize to that asshole?" She sighed and leaned against her shoulders, "And why the hell do I still want to apologize?" She allowed her thoughts to wander to the red-haired vampire... "I don't want to fight with him," she sighed.

"How sad," a voice commented dryly, and Larxene stood up quickly to stare at the man in front of her. He had dark blue that covered on of his eyes, but he was not very tall. Still, something about his presence conveyed power and Larxene remained still. "Could you tell me the location of Axel?" The man kept his ice-blue eyes on Larxene, who glared at the man.

Larxene decided to ask a question of her own, "As a member of the moon or as a tiger of light?" Larxene asked, remembering what Axel taught her. This was essentially a secret code: the moon referred to a vampire, the light referred to a human, and a tiger referred to a Vampire Hunter.

The man rose an eyebrow, "So, you are aware Axel is a vampire?" Larxene nodded slowly, and the man's hand shot forwards, grabbing Larxene's wrist and pulling up her hand to examine. "A mark of the Rosariot... are you a tiger of light?" The man spoke in a slightly mocking tone and Larxene turned red with anger and snatched her hand away. "No matter, either way you are a hindrance." The man's eye glowed brighter as he glared at Larxene, and she could feel her body weakening slightly. He slowly vanished in a sea of fog, and in his place was a tall man with short black hair.

Larxene stared at the man, torn between hatred and sorrow. "Daddy?" She asked in a childish voice. The man stared at her with cold eyes before taking the arm of a young woman and disappearing as well. In his place were two teen boys, one blonde and one with black hair. "Henry? Skyler?" Larxene reached her hand out, but they vanished the moment her hand came close to them. "No... don't leave me again..." she begged, not truly in her senses. Then, she saw Axel in front of her. "Axel?" The vampire grinned at her and lept towards her, his fangs bared to kill her.

"STOP IT!" Larxene fell back with a gasp and the fog vanished and her senses returned. Her father was gone... her brothers were dead... and Axel wasn't going to kill her. She could feel wetness on her cheeks, but she ignored the sign of weakness as what appeared to be some sort of wheel went towards the vampire who was attacking her earlier.

The vampire jumped back, "Axel, so kind of you to join us," the man spoke in an emotionless voice. Axel took the wheel as it span back towards him, his eyes glowing with hatred. "Using your chakram? Isn't that a rather extreme action?"

Axel growled, "I can kill you with a chakram Zexion." He bared his fangs at Zexion and threw his hell wheels once again, giving Zexion little time to dodge. The blue haired vampire turned his ice blue eyes on Axel, who glared in return.

Zexion walked calmly to the raging vampire, "Axel, is this the woman you wish to add to our ranks?" Axel continued with his glare, but nodded. "What makes her so special? You saw how a simple illusion affected her."

Axel growled, "She's my damn lifemate," he hissed, and Zexion remained impassive. "I won't let you harm her!"

"Relax Axel,"Zexion held up a hand, "I lost my own lifemate, I will not force the same fate upon you." Zexion's eyes darkened slightly at the memory, but he continued. "I learned quite a bit while in her mind... about you in particular."

Axel made his chakram vanish into small flames that vanished moments later, "I don't want to know anything that way," he growled, walking off.

Larxene stared at Axel as he walked away, and Demyx ran towards, "LARXENE! You made Axel, stay away from you, and he can't come near you unless you take back your order!" Larxene adopted an expression of confusion before realization dawned on her.

"Forget your pride," Zexion told her, his view of her changed since she was the lifemate of his companion. "You have something to tell him, don't you?"

Larxene nodded, "AXEL! GET YOUR SCRAWNY ASS OVER HERE! AND STOP IGNORING ME! " Axel perked up and ran towards Larxene eagerly. "Listen Axel, I-" Larxene was cut off as Axel forced his mouth to Larxene. Not to her neck, but to her lips. Also, the familiar prick of fangs never came as he kissed her passionately. Axel pulled away from a bright red Larxene, "Axel... what the hell?"

Axel furrowed his eyebrow, "But, didn't you? Zexion said..."

Zexion chuckled darkly, "I said she had something to tell you. You're the one who assumed that I was speaking of affection."

Axel glared at Zexion: "YOU DAMN EMO!" He snarled at Zexion, who gave an indifferent shrug.

"Axel, I don't cut myself, and am thus not an emo. Correct your vocabulary." Zexion smirked at Axel, who looked about ready to murder the vampire once again. "Although, I am curious. We mentioned lifemates many times and she obviously didn't know what that meant. Perhaps you didn't tell her?" A scowl from Axel proved Zexion's theory correct. "Larxene?" The still red girl nodded, "Make Axel tell you what a lifemate is and why you being his is so important."

Larxene nodded, "Everything he just said," she mumbled, her lips still tingling from Axel's forceful kiss.

Axel glared at Zexion, who gave the vampire a superior smile in return. He sighed, "A lifemate is like that perfect person who you can be with forever. Humans will use the term soulmates in a similar manner," he explained. "A vampire can never read or seduce his lifemate, even when they are human, which is probably the work of our powers recognizing our lifemates and our hearts telling us to not control them." Axel sighed and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "You're that person for me..." he turned to Demyx, "and Mary's that person for Demyx."

"AXEL!" Demyx turned a bright red, "you didn't need to tell her that part!"

"Larxene," Axel ignored the musician and continued, "I love you. Maybe I love you because we're lifemates... maybe we're lifemates because I love you." He gave Larxene a sheepish smile, "I want to turn you into a vampire Larxene, and spend eternity with you."

Larxene grabbed her head, "I think I just got whiplash..." she mumbled. "Do I... have to answer now?" She asked, her confusion still apparent.

Axel's smile drooped slightly, "O-of course!" He tried to smile as hard as before, "You have forever."