Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Kingdom Hearts, just Lexnyan, Sekushi, and Zin
Castle Oblivion Holidays
Chapter One
Castle Oblivion stood resolutely against the darkness so prominently shadowing it. Outside of this legendary castle stood a garden known for its tranquility and beauty. The garden wound its way along the southern wall and into the courtyard itself where life appeared to glow in the form of willows, winter roses of colors ranging from a deep blue to a light pink, lilies scattered across the pond, and tulips and lilacs blooming across everything in between. A walkway entered this garden from the east, narrowing as it snaked through the flowers and trees until it came upon the pond where four marble benches rested; all facing inward from the four corners: north, east, south, west.
When the sun hit its peak, the pond shimmered and reflected the light of the greenery. When the moon waned, everything had an eerie silence, and time seemed to stop among the rose petals, tulip blossoms, lily blooms, willow branches, and lilac shrubs.
But I must draw your attention away from the sight that only befits a God. For you see, this garden not only held the beauty for which it was known, but three young girls, all of whom wondered why they were in a garden one could only imagine. These three girls went by the names of Lexnyan, Sekushi and Zin, all of them sisters by their own rights though all equally different by others.
Lexnyan, the oldest of the bunch at nineteen, was a mother figure when this gang of misfits was away from home. Her smile imitated whatever emotion you glimpsed in her blue eyes and curly blonde hair framed her face as it flowed down her back. Black silk pants encompassed her legs, a black silk tank top encompassing her upper body, a white silk, long-sleeved, button-down shirt above that, and black boots shrouding her feet. She was the tallest of the three girls, reaching five foot seven, the other two trailing behind her.
Sekushi, the second oldest of the bunch at a few months younger than Lexnyan, was both insane and intelligent in her own way. Her smile could melt your heart or kill you with just one quirk and rarely reached her brownish-green eyes; they were always teasing, no matter what her smile admitted. Her hair was curled slightly, half of it pulled back into a clip, a few strands uncaught as they flowed down around her face and shoulders after the other half of her strawberry blonde hair. Green camouflaged pants encompassed her legs, a blue camouflaged shirt fitting smoothly on her upper body, a small black and white camouflaged jacket above that and black combat boots shrouded her feet. Her height didn't even top five foot five.
Zing, the youngest at nine months younger than Sekushi, was both extreme and rational on certain levels, all of which were different. Her smile, whenever shown, was genuine; never false as her golden eyes reflected every emotion projected by her smile. Her white colored hair both shone with an ivory, snowy, and silvery light as it rippled down to just past her shoulders. Onyx black pants enshrouded her legs, a blood red, short-sleeved shirt clothing her upper body, a black leather jacket above that, and onyx and ivory shoes on her feet. She surpassed Sekushi in height but was short when it came to Lexnyan.
Away from home, these three girls were each other's families. And where they were now, was a place of beauty and mystery as all three girls' faces dawned with comprehension and the wheels in their heads turned with a plan.
Zin turned to her 'sisters' with shock and joy, a full-out grin on her face. "Do you think we should help out with the holidays?" She inquired, her voice a soft melody.
Sekushi's eyes brightened with the though of Christmas with Organization XIII. "Hell yeah we should! I wanna get Zexion under the mistletoe." A malicious, calculating smile formed on her lips as she rubbed her hands together.
Lexnyan shook her head as she chuckled, the sound resembling silver bells. "Why don't we go find them all and get them to help us?"
Both Zin and Sekushi stared at her, wide-eyed. "Lex… you're a genius!" Zin yelled after a slight pause, running forward and glomping Lexnyan.
Lexnyan screamed as she fell, reduced to laughter as she glanced between her friends. "What about you Seku? Not going to glomp me?"
Sekushi shook her head, her hair floating around, her arms crossing in front of her chest, and her eyes twinkling. "No… I'll just manage to get you and Roxas together somehow." Lexnyan blushed, ducking under Zin as both of her friends burst into their own laughter.
"Demyx! Get your butt back here! I'll make you pay for pushing me into that lake!" Axel hollered, brandishing his chakrams.
Demyx ran for all he was worth, a grin on his face.
Axel turned to Xemnas, a glare settling on his features. "Can you at least punish him before I kill him?"
Xemnas didn't even bat an eye. "I will not act as babysitters to men…"
"And women!" Larxene interjected, a smug grin on her face.
Xemnas sighed. "…And women who have been in these worlds long enough not to need one."
Axel sighed heavily, hanging his head though it instantly came back up with an evil grin formed upon his lips. "All well. It seems the world will hold one less – Demyx?" Axel stopped, looking upon Demyx as he stood in the kitchen doorway; his mouth and eyes open wide, confusion written plainly on his features.
Demyx only stared straight ahead into the kitchen.
Axel strode forward, an angry remark on the tip of his tongue as he turned and glanced into the kitchen himself, his words dying on his lips. Xemnas stared at his two subordinates, confused at the thought of two grown men – Nobodies – becoming flustered over something most likely trivial. He walked forward after Axel and Demyx, his yellow eyes widening as they took in the sight of three girls seated patiently at the kitchen table. "What the hell?"
All three girls turned, their faces noticeably glowing as they stared at the men they had grown to love and worship. "What's up Organization XIII?" Sekushi inquired, standing up where she previously sat.
Organization XIII had filed into the room by now and all thirteen of them stared, not sure what to say. Demyx finally waved, though the smile on his face was clearly strained.
"Um…" Lexnyan stood beside Sekushi, her eyes locking onto Roxas without meaning too.
"XEMNAS!" Zin cried out, flying from her seat as she ran into Xemnas' arms. Xemnas continued to stare, his eyes transferring from the girls by the table to the girl that had flown into his arms.
"Who are you three?" He managed, hearing the snickers behind him from multiple members.
Zin beamed up at him, her golden eyes shining. "I'm Zin…" She pulled away from Xemnas with reluctance and pointed towards the redhead. "That's Sekushi, otherwise known as Seku. And that's Lexnyan, otherwise known as Lex." She finished as her hand moved over a fraction of an inch to gesture at the blonde.
The two girls nodded their hellos, Sekushi striding forward to stand in front of Zexion. She glanced up at him with her brownish-green eyes and gave him a shy smile before falling back to stand next to Zin. Zexion's eyes widened, "How did you three manage to get into this castle?" He inquired.
"We're… not sure." Lexnyan answered, coming forward to stand with her friends. "And while we are here, for however long that is, we thought we would help out with the festivities. You know, Christmas?"
Larxene snickered, "Christmas isn't celebrated in this household. And never will be."
Marluxia nodded his head, his arms crossing in front of his chest. "And whomever said you three could help?"
The girls shared a knowing look, all three of them nodding once. "Look." Zin started.
"We don't want trouble." Sekushi kept going.
"We don't want to get hurt or hurt you." Lexnyan stated.
"And we don't want to see you guys go on without anymore Christmas cheer." Zin mumbled. "What we do want though, is to spend Christmas with you."
"We want to make sure you guys aren't at each other's throats." Lexnyan kept going.
"We want to make sure you guys know the true meaning of Christmas when you're spending it with friends. Plus…" Sekushi muttered.
"You never know how your outlook on things will change once Christmas is over!" All three girls finished.
"And plus…" Everyone turned to Lexnyan. "There's only three more days till Christmas. How bad can it be?"
"How bad? How bad you ask?" Xaldin snickered, the noise extremely resembling Larxene's snicker. "Christmas isn't something we do. Got it…"
"Don't you dare say memorized. That's my line." Axel growled, turning to Xaldin with a glare.
"Hey! Pyro, Sideburns man! Shut it." Sekushi growled, her lips set in a grim line. "We never said it would be a success, we just said we wanted to show you guys a larger meaning to this time of the year. And we will, no matter what you say or do."
Organization XIII exchanged quick glances, Larxene stepping forward with a scowl. "I don't think we should do anything. Just throw them out and onto a different world."
Zexion shook his head, his lips pursed. "No… They might have the right idea."
Demyx stepped forward to stand behind Lexnyan. "Come one guys! We never get visitors in this cold castle! What harm will it do to accept three girls for four days, including this Christmas they speak of?"
Axel stared. "Who they heck are you and what have you done to Demyx?"
Demyx blinked, his head tilting to the side. "Huh?"
"You never talk like that…"
"Oh… Well, my question still stands."
Zexion strode forward to stand next to Demyx. "I'm with Demyx on this one. It might go bad, it go well. It all depends on our answer to this one question."
Xemnas nodded his head curtly, his lips set in a grim line. "So be it. You'll spend the holidays here with us. I'll have Saïx will show you to your rooms."
"What? I don't want to show them to their rooms! Why can't they just sleep in the yard?" He replied, his nose crinkling with disgust.
Sekushi's face brightened. "It doesn't matter dear, meanie Saïx. We don't want to sleep in rooms not already occupied."
"You have a better idea then?" Xemnas inquired.
Sekushi's smile grew into a grin. "Why, yes I do actually." She turned to her friends, her brownish-green eyes twinkling. "Girls, you know what to do."
Lexnyan grinned, immediately glomping Roxas and knocking him over onto the ground. Zin just ran into Xemnas' arms once again, an evil, malicious smirk on her lips. Sekushi turned around and faced Zexion with a grin. "So Zexion…. Where's your room?"
Zin bent down carefully, golden eyes scanning underneath the bed. "So… where do you keep it?"
"Keep what?" Xemnas asked, exasperated that he got stuck with one of the 'visitors'.
"Your lab. You know, where you do all your experiments on trying to open the Kingdom of Hearts." She responded, sitting back on her knees as she came back up and glanced around the room before dashing over to the north wall.
"I… um… what?"
"You know: Kingdom of Hearts? Where you want to see if you can gain the heart you don't have."
"Oh… well, I don't keep my lab near my room." He answered hurriedly.
She turned to him, a slender eyebrow raised in speculation. "So you do keep the entrance in here."
His mouth opened wide before his face turned into a mask once more. "No. I don't."
Zin turned back to the wall, a hand on her chin. "If I was a Nobody wanting a heart but not wanting my colleagues to find my research, where would I put the entrance to my lab? Hmm…" She slowly stepped towards his closet, opening the door and noting the hidden door underneath all the boxes. "These boxes aren't actually filled with anything, are they?"
Xemnas sighed, shaking his head. "No. I take it you want a tour?"
Her golden eyes brightened as she turned to face him with a glowing smile. "Uh, yeah!"
He walked forward to stand next to her, holding out his arm. "This way if you could." She interlocked her arm with his own, following him through the door and down the steps.
Lexnyan's eyes brightened at the sight of the quaint, but warm room that Roxas had led her too. She instantly recognized the weapons upon his mantle, watching in fascination as the firelight glinted, reflected, and portrayed the room off the weapons themselves. She turned to Roxas with a malicious smile. "Roxas." She stated simply, loving the way his name rolled off her tongue.
"Um… Yeah?" He replied, scratching the back of his head as he stared at her in confusion. "What?"
"Do you wanna spar?" She inquired, her head tilting to the side as her cerulean eyes locked onto his, her wavy hair framing her face.
"Huh?" He blurted out, taking a step back as he regarded her.
"You know, spar." She sighed as his head tilted to the side. "Spar: to make the motions of attack and defense with the arms and fists, esp. as a part of training. Spar."
"Oh… um… why?"
"So I can brush up on my skills against a lively opponent." She answered, turning to his mantle once more. "Please? Pretty please?"
"Demyx would kill me if I hurt you…" He replied smoothly, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips.
She turned back to him, her hands clasping behind her back. "I don't think you'd be able to hurt me, let alone touch me." She responded.
"I wouldn't? Why do you say that?" He strode over to his weapons, bringing them down and admiring their work.
"Because you couldn't. It's as simple as that."
"Really?" He paused, throwing her one of his arsenals. "En Guard then."
Lexnyan smirked in response.Sekushi bounded into the room with glee, examining every crevice and surface she could find. Zexion followed her into his room with an easy walk, his light indigo eyes expressing his surprise and frustration at having one of the 'newcomers' sleeping in his room… with him… His head snapped in her direction when he heard her squeal and saw her run towards his fireplace. "What are you doing?" He asked calmly, no sense in getting mad at someone who had yet to threaten him.
"You have a chess board! You wanna play a few rounds?" She carefully took hold of the board and its pieces, moving slowly towards the small table set before the fireplace. "Come on! I'll be the white dudes and you can be the black dudes."
"They are not called 'dudes'. They are called pieces." He slowly walked forward, sitting down quickly across from her.
"All right… just to tell you now: you're going to win."
"Why?"
"Because I'm not all that good at chess." But lets see if I can annoy you… this is just for fun and I will apologize later… but man will I have fun… She picked up the pawn, holding it before her eyes and scrutinizing it. "Well, I think I'm going to move my troop forward one."
"It's a pawn…"
"What is? Oh! This thingy?" She pointed at the 'troop'. "It's a pawn? Never knew that… You're turn!"
He moved his pawn forward.
She picked her Knight up, moving it forward and over. "The horsie will go over here…"
Zexion sighed. "It's a Knight…"
"Really? What's this pointy thing?" Zexion's eyes closed and he sighed once more.
