Author's Note:: Ok, so this is intended to be an extremely late Christmas present for Aya-chan, but hopefully she'll like it enough so that she'll forgive me… I forgot I can't draw to save my life…… it's the thought that counts!! *sweatdrop* Ok, so this is also my first try at angst, so please don't rate me too harshly… Read and Review!! If I don't get a review, I'm not posting the next chapter? Got it? OK!! HERE I START!!
Disclaimer: I don't own KH or KHII or any related characters therein, I DO however, own Lucis, Ryuu still owns himself, and Ayame owns the new character that will be introduced, Ayame… ENJOY!!
A/N:: Oh, before I forget, this is written in a very weird style and I apologize beforehand for any comprehension difficulties. Leave me a review for any problems, and I'll straighten them out, ok? NOW I'll start….
"Speech" ~thought~ (IDK why I did it like that, I just thought it looked cool.)
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It's a Brand New World
"DEMDEM!! Where are you?!" Luci called. Hide and go seek was always hilarious with him. It didn't matter that it was forbidden for her to know he was alive. Well, no. Not 'living' per se, because Nobodies aren't 'alive'. Luci snorted in derision, ~Nobodies are too alive. They might not have hearts, but they are alive, and they can feel emotion.~ She thought to herself. Finally she spotted him trying to hide in the puddle again… "DEMY!! Found you!"
"Damn… Why do you have to be so FAST?!", he whined, "You always catch me before I even get a chance to hide!!"
"First off, wings…", she pointed behind her at the giant white-feathered angel wings with the gold speckled spots, "Second, what part of 'the speed of light' don't you get?" she teased him in reply, trying to get him to lighten up. ((A/N: Yes, I know, puns=No No))
"I forgot about that… You know, I'm supposed to be finding this world's guardians… little do THEY know I've already found them…" Demyx, Number Eight in the Organization, was leading a forbidden friendship with the Fantasy Realm's two guardians. Luci, along with her unofficial boyfriend Ryuu, were guarding the world. Luci had moved here to help with the reconstruction.
She grinned at him in reply. "Come on, I have to go find Ry-Ry now!!" She yelled rather too loudly for the silent castle, but being with her friends always made her act like she had too much sugar… "Ry-Ry!! I'm gonna find you now!!" after a couple seconds of flying through the deserted halls, she realized he would probably be hiding at the bottom of the lake, as always. The castle was only deserted because most of the citizens were outside relaxing on this beautiful day. Ryuu owned the castle, so he knew every square inch of it, including the multiple lakes and rivers. She knew he would be at their favorite lake, the one right outside the palace gardens.
Ryuu was a prince of one of the kingdoms of the Fantasy Realm. Prince Ryuu of Rivendale. His parents had been killed in the attack that had decimated both her home world and the Fantasy Realm. Lucis, or Luci as was more common, was a princess of a neighboring kingdom. Princess Luci lived in Rivendale with Ryuu now, while her twin sister Princess Noctis, remained on earth with her friend Chibiusa. Ryuu and Lucis had actually met on earth. Luci had been following her sister, who was mad at her for something again, when she had gotten into a scuffle. She lost her sister, but ended up falling into a lake, where Ryuu saved her. After Rivendale was restored, she didn't want to leave, so she remained there with Ryuu, only telling his advisors that they were dating.
Since Luci had gone after Demyx first, Ryuu had enough time to fully settle on the bottom of the lake. Hearing a tapping resonate through the water, he looked up to Luci standing on the shore and tapping a foot to get his attention. Demyx was already behind her. He shook his head and climbed out of the water, fully dry. "Man… I thought I had you that time!"
"Nope! Although I still have no idea how you can stay under the water that long, you're an elf, not a fish!" she retorted quickly. Ryuu truly was an elf. He had blonde spiky hair and gorgeous blue eyes, not to mention the addicting stereotypical pointy ears. Yes, Luci had a thing for playing with the ears, which Ryuu hated, but learned to deal with…
"Wow, we're both so predictable… Water aligned, we hide in water… I tried to hide in the puddle again. I almost made it, but those wings give her an advantage. She's just too fast." Demyx said glumly.
"Not an advantage… believe me…" Luci responded shortly, glancing up at Ryuu with an 'I'm sorry' expression. But that quickly went away with a smile from Ryuu. It wasn't HER fault she knew them so well. They were like open books…
A dark blur out of the corner of her eye, and Luci whipped around. There was a sorcerer nobody behind her. Another blur, and there was one behind Ryuu. She looked at Demyx with slight concern, but he just shook his head with a slightly confused look. Two more appeared next to each of the originals. "Demyx, I know these aren't yours, but can you get them to go away please? They're giving me bad vibes."
"I can't! They won't listen!" he yelled, summoning his own dancer nobodies to try to get them to move.
"Hey, calm down Demy, let's not call attention to ourselves here." Luci said soothingly. Something told her to go to Ryuu. She took a step in his direction, suddenly scared for him, when flower petals rained down from above, along with the sound of sarcastic clapping.
"Well, well, well. Looks like Demyx has actually managed to succeed in a mission. But it seems he's forgotten one thing. Bring them back to the Superior." Marluxia gestured to the proximity between Demyx, Ryuu, and Luci. "You know you'll probably be turned into a dusk for this one, right? Oh well, I never liked you anyway. Sorcerers!" The sorcerer nobodies clearly showed where he had his orders from, Xemnas, the Superior himself.
"RYUU!!" Luci went to run forward, but got dragged back as all three nobodies held her back while her boyfriend was brutally murdered before her eyes. "You… You BASTARD!! I will kill you, Marluxia!" she continued struggling to reach Ryuu, but the nobodies dragged her back to Marluxia.
"Well my little Princess, I'm afraid you can't do that. We don't have time. Throw her in holding room 232." He replied, smirking all the while.
Luci, still trying to reach Ryuu, was being dragged backwards towards a portal. The sorcerer nobodies finally got a better grip on her and threw her through the portal, where she landed on a hard black-covered bed, in a room where the walls and ceiling were painted black. The curtains were black velvet, and there were no other furnishings in the room. Knowing she would have to fight, she summoned her daggers and a couple throwing knives. About a minute later, there was a sound of yelling and pounding on the door multiple times. ~It would seem Demyx can't portal in and the door is locked.~ she thought impersonally. She wasn't mad at Demyx, in fact it was quite the opposite, she was proud of him. She thought he was a lunatic for trying to save her skin and not his own, but she was proud of him. Marluxia came in via portal just that second and bashed hard on the door to shut Demyx up. Then the sobbing started. ~Poor Demyx, he gets upset over the slightest things. How can you say nobodies can't feel? Maybe some just choose not to.~
"Ok little Princess, we can do this one of two ways. Either you give up now, and it will be much less painful for you later, or we fight, and I win." Marluxia said cockily.
"How about option three? We fight, I win, you give me my Ryuu back, and Demyx goes free with me. How about THAT, huh Petal Boy?" She retorted, glaring at him.
"How do you know that nickname?!" he fumed. Seeing her just smirk in reply, he said, "Ah, that's right. The little soon to be dusk."
"Not gonna happen, Petal Boy!" Without warning, she shot forward, swinging with the daggers. Marluxia return parried with the handle of his scythe, but a few swipes landed anyway. Marluxia took a slice with the scythe, and Luci caught it on one hilt and slashed forward with the other. Marluxia jumped back and to the side. He took another swipe with his scythe, and Luci jumped back to avoid it, landing right in front of the foot of the bed, with the backs of her legs touching it. Marluxia shifted to a two handed grip on the scythe, and jumped forward, the handle hitting and pressing down on Luci's throat, shoving her down on the bed. He grabbed one of the knives she was trying to stab him with, and proceeded to slash at whatever he could reach. Luci, getting over her shock, grabbed her other knife and shifted so she could put some leverage behind the thrust. She jammed it as hard as she could into his chest, then using the momentum, flipped him off of and over her, with her still following. He must have switched his grip on his scythe though, because a sudden ripping sensation and an intolerable pain right between her wings along with a sound of shattering glass and a portal opening and closing told her that Marluxia had survived and she was dead.
Demyx finally managed to portal in once he heard the glass shattering. He had no idea what he would find, and part of him didn't want to know. But, he portalled into the room anyway. He arrived just in time to see a shocked Marluxia falling through the shattered window, and a heavily bloodied Luci swaying on her feet.
"Dem…", she took a step forward with a questioning face, "yx?" she toppled forward.
He jumped forward to catch her, but she was already lost to a sea of nothingness. "You idiot!! Why'd you have to fight him!! If you'd given me a couple more seconds, I would have gotten through and got you free!! But NO! You go and get yourself killed for me!!" He told himself that, but he knew it wasn't true. He wouldn't have been able to get into that room, no matter what he tried.
Axel had been running from Ayame down this corridor, and at the sound of familiar sobbing, he figured it was a perfect excuse to not only escape Ayame's wrath, but also to tease Demyx. "Ok, who yelled at you this time, and what was the prank?" he asked with a mock sigh. He opened the door to room 232, and yelled, "HOLY SHIT!! Demyx!! What's your problem?!"
"I swear, I swear, I didn't do it!! I didn't hurt her! I would never hurt her! Marluxia!" Demyx abruptly started sobbing again.
"AH! Where?!" Axel looked around frantically for a place to hide.
"Out the window!! Luci and him were fighting! I finally got in here and Marluxia was flying out the window, and Luci was just standing there!! She started to say my name, took a step and fell!!" Demyx screamed, attracting the attention of Roxas walking past room 229 playing his videogames. He dropped the game system, and ran over to the source of the noise. When he came in view of the open door, he yelled in surprise at the scene.
There was blood everywhere. The nobody who happened to be making most of the noise was seated on the floor, cradling a girl with short brown hair covered in blood. He was petting her hair and sobbing violently. Her skirt was mostly ripped, and her top was ripped in several places around the midsection, but thankfully, nothing too revealing. The bow on her top was nothing but a couple of threads now. Axel was standing nearby, completely frozen in both shock and disbelief. He couldn't believe one of his best friends other than Roxas was… he couldn't even think the word. His shoulders were starting to shake, and you could tell he was about to cry. Axel walked over to the shattered window, peered out it and announced, "Well, Petal Boy is definitely dead." The rest of the room was the same, but… oh… he realized what must have happened. He could see a line of blood on the wall with the window. He had heard most of the yelling coming from the open door, so he hadn't needed to ask what happened. While surveying the 'damage' he thought, ~While she was throwing Marluxia out the window, he must have stabbed her in the back, and his velocity must have carried the blade with him. When Luci must have moved… in essence, it was suicide. Gee, that's nice.~ he thought angrily. Roxas was in shock. He didn't know how they would explain to Ryuu. 'Well, you see, your girlfriend killed herself…' somehow he didn't think that would go over well. Both he, Axel, and Zexion had often accompanied Demyx to go visit and hang out with Luci and Ryuu. Suddenly he realized, Luci wouldn't be here without Ryuu. "Where's Ryuu?" Roxas blurted out. At this, Demyx started sobbing HARDER if that was even possible. Roxas didn't need an answer, he understood. "Oh god! I was just remembering!! I was trying to find Axel because Xemnas is going for you! He caught Aya trying to find something to kill you with!"
"Oh now what! Wha'da we do?! The Superior can't find out!" Demyx yelled again, but stopped when both Roxas and Axel clapped their hands over his mouth.
"Ok, I have an idea. You take the credit for what Marluxia did. The Superior won't get mad at you, and say that Marluxia wanted to fight her, and when she killed him, you got upset and killed her. Say you want to keep her as a pet for what she did to Marluxia, and have your dancers bring her to your room. We'll meet you there!" Roxas explained quickly, portalling out with Axel.
The Superior barely missed Roxas and Axel, and Demyx told him exactly what Roxas told him to. Xemnas bought the whole thing, hook, line, and sinker.
Taking care to make it look like he hated Luci, but still staying gentle, he told his dancers to take her away, then portalled after them.
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"Okay, are you sure about this?" Axel asked for the millionth time. "I'm not going to burn her?"
"Just trust me, she doesn't burn." Demyx responded testily.
"Alright, but you better know what you're talking about dude." Axel sighed.
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Ayame portalled in finally finding Axel. "AHA!! AXEL!! You are SO dead this time!!" she just walked in on a very awkward scene. Axel, Demyx, and Roxas were all grouped tightly around a bed where there was apparently something resting. The girl tried to sit up and Demyx pushed her down gently. They still had no idea she was there, even though she yelled so loud, Castle Oblivion ought to have heard. "What the hell are you guys doing? Are you trying to gang rape the poor girl?!"
They all jumped, but Axel jumped the highest, turning and hiding behind Roxas for a shield. "Gee thanks buddy. That's really nice of you Axel. I'll remember this when I pull a prank." Roxas joked dryly.
This left the bed in clear view however, and Ayame walked over quickly. "Oh dear… You idiots!...", she yelled at the boys, Roxas and Axel were now cowering behind Demyx, who stood his ground against Ayame's threatening glare. "Hey, are you okay? Did these bad boys hurt you?" Ayame asked the girl kindly.
"No, they actually just semi-saved my life. Although, I guess I'm not technically 'alive' now am I, Demyx?" Demyx just shook his head in reply.
"Who are you?... WHAT are you?" Ayame asked, suddenly spotting the wings curled up behind the girl.
"Um… good question… I guess I'm a nobody now?" Demyx just nodded again, semi-ashamed. "So, I guess, I'm Lucix…"
"Ok. So are you a new recruit to the Organization?" She questioned.
"I don't think so. I THINK I'm Demyx's pet…" Lucix mock-glared at the nobody in question.
~Pet…? Ok, now THAT sounds wrong…~ "Oh dear… Well, come with me. Let me get you some halfway decent clothes, and then we'll talk to the Superior." Ayame gestured for Lucix to follow her into a portal. Lucix looked back and Roxas nodded slightly, while Demyx flinched at the part about the Superior. Axel just remained hidden. "And Axel, I haven't forgotten about you. We'll talk LATER." Ayame snarled at Axel, although since both him and Roxas were still hiding behind Demyx, it looked like she was yelling at Demy, who just flinched in pity for Axel.
"So, who are you?" Lucix asked, jumping through the portal after her.
"Name's Ayame. I'm Number XIV of Organization XIII, the Cloaker of Shadow…" She continued looting through her bureau looking for something for Lucix to wear, "Here, these should fit, go get changed in that bathroom and come out when you're done. Oh, and call me Aya, by the way."
"Ok, I might be new to the whole 'Nobody' thing, but I'm not a little kid. And it's Lux then." Lucix replied dryly. She walked into the bathroom. When she came out, she was wearing a cute yellow top, and a knee length reddish-orange skirt. She left her heels on, however. They were comfortable enough. She straightened out her hair, having already taken a shower to get rid of the blood, and said, "Ok. Let's go. Leave Demyx with the boys, though. I don't want him to have to deal with the Superior more than once in a day because of me."
"Ok, well, let's go then. Don't want to keep Xemnas waiting."
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Ok, so how was the prologue? Chapter one is up next, but not unless I get reviews!!
NEXT UP:: "Chapter One: A Meeting with the Superior!!"
Always Love, ~Vera-chan* out!