Chapter 6: What Is Love?

Maximum opened her eyes and looked around at her surroundings. She was in her bed with Roxas and he was sleeping. She sat upright and sighed. 'How did I get here? All I remember was Larxene storming off and I closed my eyes...' The nobody blinked her green eyes and gasped. 'Did I fall unconscious?'

She looked at Roxas and smiled. 'That means he brought me here.' She leaned down and gave a sweet kiss on the cheek. She pulled away and looked at the time; 12:30am. Carefully, Max got off the bed trying her best not to wake Roxas up. 'I don't feel sleepy.' She decided to go and walk around the deserted Castle.

The red haired nobody saw a room and heard talking. She approached the room and hid behind the wall next to it. It was Marluxia and Larxene talking to each other.

"So are you up for it?" Larxene asked.

"Of course." Marluxia answered.

"Think about all that would come of it!" Larxene giggled and Max's eyebrows furrowed together.

'All that would come out of what?' She wondered.

"Yes, to overthrow this Organisation, it will be excellent!" Maximum's emerald eyes widened and she gulped.

'Uh oh!'

"Just imagine! When we have the Organisation in our hands, I will eliminate that annoying brat Maximum!" Larxene laughed dryly and Max felt chills go down her spine.

"Not so fast Larxene. First, I have a few things to do to our dearest Max, when I'm done with her then and only then you can kill her." Max felt extremely afraid right now. Her face was very pale. She could even hear her own heart beating rapidly.

"Fine, but as long as she suffers, then I'm okay with it." Larxene said nonchalantly.

"Oh, I guarantee you that she will suffer, mentally and physically, she'll give me pleasure, but I'll surely return pain!" Marluxia said smirking and they laughed evilly.

Maximum shook her head as the tears fell down her cheeks, it was the first time she was crying and felt scared; it was awful. She couldn't let this happen; if Larxene and Marluxia overthrow the Organisation then bad stuff will happen to her. But then she thought about how life would be a living hell for the others, Lexaeus, Demyx, Jonathan, Zexion, Axel and...Roxas. When she thought about the golden haired nobody, Max knew she had to do something about it.

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Carefully, silently and briskly she walked away from the room. The fast walking turned into quick running. She ran through the hallways as the tears kept on falling down her cheeks. She kept on breathing in then out as the tears stung her eyes.

Max got to Xemnas' office and barged into it. "XEMNAS!" He was standing in front of a large window admiring his Kingdom Hearts and turned around.

"Why, no. XIV, you look troubled." She closed the door behind her and walked up to his desk. "What is troubling you?" Xemnas asked concerned.

"There's something you need to know about Marluxia and Larxene." Xemnas sat at his desk and nodded.

"They do seem extremely suspicious." The superior mumbled and she shook her head.

"They aren't suspicious; they're planning on doing something wrong. I heard them talking in their room."

"May I ask why you were eavesdropping in the first place?" Xemnas asked.

"I couldn't get any sleep, so I started to walk around until I heard Larxene and Marluxia talking. Marluxia and Larxene are planning to overthrow the Organisation!" Xemnas' emotionless face turned into one of shock. "I'm not lying superior and they said that..." She looked at the floor and took a deep breathe.

"What else did they say, no. XIV?" He asked.

"They...they said that..." her bottom lip quivered "...Larxene said that she would eliminate me. And Marluxia...he..." She took a deep breath and gripped onto the desk.

"Maximum, you must control yourself. Nobodies should have a stoic and emotionless face." She nodded at this and her face was indeed emotionless.

"...Marluxia said that he had a few things to do with me." Xemnas' eyebrow twitched at this; what things? "He said that, he would make me suffer mentally and physically and he said that I would give him pleasure but he'll give me pain."

Xemnas hand clenched into a fist and it started to tremble. He may be emotionless, but this was definitely unacceptable. He wouldn't let this happen, especially to one of the chosen keyblade wielder. "What do we do superior?" She asked melodramatically.

"I will think of a way." He stated. "You may leave now no. XIV." She nodded at this and walked up to the door. "Maximum." She turned around. "Thank you." She nodded at this and left the room.

She walked down the hallway and saw Larxene. She was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed whilst smirking at Max. The red haired nobody was about to crack when she thought about her rival and Marluxia's plan. But Xemnas' words repeated in her mind.

"Maximum, you must control yourself nobodies should have a stoic and emotionless face."

She walked past Larxene with that blank and cold face as if nothing bothered her. Max started to walk around but something popped into her mind.

She walked down the hallway as she hugged her sides and looked at the ground. 'We lack hearts...' Max placed her hand onto where her non-existent heart was. '...but why do I feel as if I do? But, most importantly...what are feelings?' She gulped.

...She felt her cheeks go warmer and there was this fuzzy yet warm feeling in her heart when she thought about his voice. His glorious golden hair, his sublime sapphire eyes, and his sweet smile it was all so charming to her.

'I need to talk to someone about all this. I think I'm beginning to like Roxas.' She found herself at Axel's room and smiled. 'I might as well!' She opened the door and saw her brother sleeping. Max approached Axel and shook him. "Axel! Wake up!" He groaned with annoyance and covered his head with the covers. "Axel!" She whined and pulled the covers off him, something she regretted. "OH MY GOD PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!" Max yelled as she covered her eyes.

"Alright, alright!" He wore his black coat and she uncovered her eyes. "Sis, its 1:00 am!" She averted her eyes to the ground shyly.

"I need to talk to you about something." She mumbled.

"What?" Axel asked.

"Um, about...uhhhh..." Her cheeks were a faint pink.

"Oh, please don't tell me its mood swings!" This earned him a punch from Max.

"Axel, this is serious. Can we talk...somewhere else?" She squeaked and he nodded. Axel raised his hand and opened a portal.

"Come on!" They walked through the portal and got to this clock tower. Max walked up to the edge and the wind blew. She looked down and shrieked; they were high off the ground. The red haired nobody jumped on top of her brother. "Sis, it's okay, you can get off me now!"

"Heh, sorry about that." She laughed nervously and they sat down as they watched the sunset. "It's really nice here."

"Yeah, this is where I come to relax and get my mind off things; it's the Clock Tower and this is Twilight Town. So what do you want to talk about?" She gulped.

"Axel, what are feelings?" He glanced at her and smiled.

"Feelings are like emotions in your heart." Axel answered nonchalantly.

"Do we have hearts?" She asked and turned to her brother who looked at her. Her green eyes were sparkling like emeralds.

"Well, apparently, according to most of our Organisation, we lack hearts." She frowned at this and felt the tears brimming in her eyes. He watched his little sister and sighed. But then he smiled at her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Hey..." He slurred, she looked down and sniffed. "Don't tell anyone, but I think we do have hearts, but only half." She looked up at her brother and sighed with relief.

"Oh..." She whispered.

"But why do you ask?" She gulped at this and her cheeks turn red.

"Um, well I think I have feelings for...someone..." Maximum mumbled.

"Oh, let me guess! Is it Xaldin?" She gasped at this.

"NO! He tried to harass me yesterday on the question, thank god Lexaeus saved me!"

"Okay, is it Saïx?" She rolled her eyes at this.

"Axel!" She whined and he smirked.

"Is it Zexion?"

"Axel! He's an emo, but still he is kind. But, no it's not Zexion!"

"Demyx?" She punched his arm. "What?" Max shook her head with a pout.

"Ma-" She glared daggers at him and he gulped at this.

"Don't you even think about saying his na-" Axel interrupted her.

"Roxas." She gasped as her emerald green eyes widened. She could feel her cheeks flush red and averted her eyes the other way shyly. "Is it Roxas?" He asked and she nodded.

"I have feelings for him, but I don't know what!" She sighed.

"Do you like him?"

"I don't like him, it's something else. It's intense, affectionate and perfect all at once. What do you think it is?" She looked at her brother.

"A strong possibility that it's love." Her eyebrows furrowed together. 'Love', it sounded so beautiful and magical. 'Love' was that the feeling she felt for Roxas. 'Love' more importantly, what is 'Love'?

"What is 'Love' Axel?" She asked like an innocent child.

"Love, it's a feeling of affection towards someone special, it can be your relative or in this case, your best friend." She smiled at this and giggled.

"Do you love me Axel?" He hugged her and kissed her cheek.

"Of course, I love my little sister."

"I love you too bro!" She said. "And I love Roxas, but do you accept him Axel?" He pulled away from her with a frown.

"Well..." Max pouted, her bottom lip quivered and she gave him the puppy dog eyes. "...he's really nice to you. I don't see anything wrong with him."

"You're the best brother ever Axel!" She exclaimed and gave him a bear hug.

"I'm your only brother silly!" He said.

"What are you two doing here?" They gasped as they heard a deep, familiar, yet strict voice.

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