Eyes - oneshot
Title: Eyes
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts (minor spoilers for 358/2 Days, Birth by Sleep)
Genre: Angst~
Rating: PG-13
A/N: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days WMG page on TV Tropes... I BLAME YOU~ Little drabble re: Lea and Isa.
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The nameless Nobody's eyes opened slowly, blinking as they adjusted to the scarlet light hitting them. It felt a little strange, seeing once again; he couldn't remember why, but it felt as if this was his first time seeing light in a long, long time.
"Lea."
He glanced to his right, where soft footsteps and a sudden shadow crossing his face announced the speaker. His gaze traveled up the dark coat, past a body built far more strongly than he remembered, to meet his friend's eyes.
"Isa..."
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The last time he'd seen Isa, his eyes had been a little darker than normal, the bright green growing muddy. It coincided with a darkening of his friend's mood; though Isa was as eager as ever for the experiments to continue, everything else seemed to annoy him. Not the amused annoyance that was his friend's modus operandi, but growling, almost bestial irritation that he turned on anyone and everyone.
Isa had been smiling, though, when the last experiment had started. Thinking back, Lea could have sworn he'd seen his friend's eyes turn completely yellow, in the last moments before the darkness swallowed them.
He liked the darkness. Even if his fire disappeared into the shadows, the light unable to shine through, the darkness was just as warm as the flames. But Isa was all too eager to give in to the darkness, despite the warnings of the old man, or any of the scientists who'd taken over the experiments and grudgingly let them in.
Lea let himself surrender to it as the darkness obliterated his sight, the feeling of his own pounding heart overtaken by the slow pulse of the shadows. It wanted into his heart. He'd always managed to keep from giving into it, tempting as it was, because...he didn't want the power it offered, not when it felt like he would be obliterated in the process. He wanted to live on, not only in people's memories, and if he let the darkness have him...
Wonder if that kid Ventus remembers...?
The darkness was suddenly torn away as something, some great outside force, slammed into his body. As awareness of the world returned, a flare of pain shot through him, and for a second, he tried to reach out to the darkness again. Whether it was in a desperate bid for power or for the comfort it seemed to offer, he never found out - when his eyes met his attacker, he froze.
Isa was gone, and the place where his best friend had been was occupied by some kind of monster. It began to advance on him slowly, its glowing yellow eyes locked on his. It had the shape of a giant wolf, and its teeth were bared as it stalked toward him expectantly.
"Isa? H-hey, man..."
The little bit of his friend that he could see in the face of the monster vanished in that moment, and the beast sprang forward. As shadowy claws sank into his chest, a freezing agony settled around his heart, the bright yellow eyes filling his vision, he tried to speak to his friend one last time...
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"Saix, Axel."
Another voice spoke from behind Isa, and he finally tore his gaze away from his...murderer? The hooded black figure behind Isa held out both of his hands, the shimmering letters hanging in the air above them forming their new names.
"Welcome to Organization XIII."
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts (minor spoilers for 358/2 Days, Birth by Sleep)
Genre: Angst~
Rating: PG-13
A/N: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days WMG page on TV Tropes... I BLAME YOU~ Little drabble re: Lea and Isa.
---
The nameless Nobody's eyes opened slowly, blinking as they adjusted to the scarlet light hitting them. It felt a little strange, seeing once again; he couldn't remember why, but it felt as if this was his first time seeing light in a long, long time.
"Lea."
He glanced to his right, where soft footsteps and a sudden shadow crossing his face announced the speaker. His gaze traveled up the dark coat, past a body built far more strongly than he remembered, to meet his friend's eyes.
"Isa..."
---
The last time he'd seen Isa, his eyes had been a little darker than normal, the bright green growing muddy. It coincided with a darkening of his friend's mood; though Isa was as eager as ever for the experiments to continue, everything else seemed to annoy him. Not the amused annoyance that was his friend's modus operandi, but growling, almost bestial irritation that he turned on anyone and everyone.
Isa had been smiling, though, when the last experiment had started. Thinking back, Lea could have sworn he'd seen his friend's eyes turn completely yellow, in the last moments before the darkness swallowed them.
He liked the darkness. Even if his fire disappeared into the shadows, the light unable to shine through, the darkness was just as warm as the flames. But Isa was all too eager to give in to the darkness, despite the warnings of the old man, or any of the scientists who'd taken over the experiments and grudgingly let them in.
Lea let himself surrender to it as the darkness obliterated his sight, the feeling of his own pounding heart overtaken by the slow pulse of the shadows. It wanted into his heart. He'd always managed to keep from giving into it, tempting as it was, because...he didn't want the power it offered, not when it felt like he would be obliterated in the process. He wanted to live on, not only in people's memories, and if he let the darkness have him...
Wonder if that kid Ventus remembers...?
The darkness was suddenly torn away as something, some great outside force, slammed into his body. As awareness of the world returned, a flare of pain shot through him, and for a second, he tried to reach out to the darkness again. Whether it was in a desperate bid for power or for the comfort it seemed to offer, he never found out - when his eyes met his attacker, he froze.
Isa was gone, and the place where his best friend had been was occupied by some kind of monster. It began to advance on him slowly, its glowing yellow eyes locked on his. It had the shape of a giant wolf, and its teeth were bared as it stalked toward him expectantly.
"Isa? H-hey, man..."
The little bit of his friend that he could see in the face of the monster vanished in that moment, and the beast sprang forward. As shadowy claws sank into his chest, a freezing agony settled around his heart, the bright yellow eyes filling his vision, he tried to speak to his friend one last time...
---
"Saix, Axel."
Another voice spoke from behind Isa, and he finally tore his gaze away from his...murderer? The hooded black figure behind Isa held out both of his hands, the shimmering letters hanging in the air above them forming their new names.
"Welcome to Organization XIII."