Staring over the edge of the cliff outside Castle Oblivion, Kylaxie sat with her feet hanging over
the edge. It was seemingly bottomless, and she couldn't help but wonder if there really was something at the bottom. If there was, it was awfully far away, hidden by the impeding darkness cloaking it. Swinging her feet pensively, she leaned over ever so slightly, holding her arm out with a rock in hand. Dropping the stone, she listened carefully for the sound of it hitting the bottom.
Nothing…
Slowly, she pulled her arm back beside her to reach for something bigger to drop, but before she could she head a light echoing sound from over the edge. Peering over once more, Kylaxie pondered her thoughts in attempt to find a reasonable excuse for throwing herself over the edge. Loneliness… Emptiness… Sorrow… Pain…
Sighing, She grabbed another rock, this time throwing it down with as much strength as she could as her eyes welled up with tears. Throwing her head back, she took in as much air as her lungs would allow. Lying on her back, she continued to swing her feet over the edge of the cliff as she stupidly let herself remember…
Xemnas came staggering through a fading portal clutching his sides. Stumbling as he took a few steps, he soon fell to the floor coughing. Gasping for a breath, he coughed repetitively, his haggard voice echoed off the walls.
Hearing the sounds, Kylaxie opened the door to Xemnas' office as she walked laughing with Dynexys, and Fathix. Seeing the man bleeding all over the carpet, she ran in falling to her knees beside him.
"Xemnas, what happened!?" Kylaxie cried rolling him over to stare up at her.
Composing himself, he managed to bring himself to speak momentarily, "Cursed… Keyblade…" he repeated himself from earlier. Coughing, he brought his hand to his mouth. Taking the latter away, he noted blood in his hand.
"SOMEONE GET VEXEN!" Kylaxie snapped, and obliging, Fathix did just that while Dynexys had herself backed against the wall.
The girl was at a complete loss for what to do… She was at a loss for words as to suggest anything to make it easier for the two on the floor.
"Xemnas, you're going to be alright, I promise." Kylaxie sobbed as she let her hand move behind his head, lifting him up slightly so that she was holding him close to her frame. Stroking his cheek, tears began to stream from her eyes uncontrollably as the man she held shook his head.
"I failed…" he coughed some more, "I failed." He repeated a little more clearly as he shut his eyes momentarily. Reopening the latter, he let his hand move up to the emerald eyed girls cheek.
"I failed you…" He muttered under his breath as his hand left her face leaving four small trails of blood from his fingers as they did.
"No you didn't." Kylaxie murmured, "Don't speak, please." She muttered kissing him gently before turning to Dynexys, "Where is Vexen?" She asked in a panicked manner.
"Fathix went to get him, I don't know what's taking her so long." Dynexys stated quickly as she opened a portal, "I'll go get him." She said as she turned to run through the portal.
"Please do!" Kylaxie practically begged as she turned back to Xemnas who was going through an other coughing fit.
"Kylaxie…" He murmured staring up at her.
"What, what is it?" She asked, "What do you need?" She added staring down at him worriedly.
"Hearts-" He started but was cut off by the girl.
"I know… Hearts control us. They make us who we are. Without them we are Nobody, and we have no way to define ourselves as Somebody because we can feel no emotion." She stated stroking his cheek gently, "You told me all this when I first came to the Organization…" She muttered weakly as she took a deep breath to keep herself from sobbing.
"No…" Xemnas shook his head, "That's not what I was going to say, though I'm glad you paid attention." He stated earning a grin from the girl holding him, "Not many people do." He chuckled along with the red haired girl before coughing.
"What then?" She asked tilting her head to the side.
"Hearts are Power…" He muttered, "Nothingness is eternal…" He added causing the girl to deflate slightly.
"I know…" She nodded, "You do nothing but talk about Kingdom Hearts, and Nothingness, and Darkness, and-" She began to go on a little rant but was cut off by the silver haired man.
"Let me finish…" He whispered taking her hand in his, "That's what I always believed, and it's wrong." He murmured, "Hearts give us power, and Nothingness makes us forget what's really important." He explained, "Fortunately for the very, very few of us, we found something in that Darkness." He stated, letting his hand move up to her cheek once more, "I, thankfully, found you." He said softly as he stroked her cheek bone with his thumb.
Tears streaking her cheeks, she jumped slightly at the sound of a portal opening. Turning, she saw Vexen rushing through with Fathix and Dynexys in tow.
"Kylaxie…" Xemnas muttered drawing her attention, "I…" he murmured before hissing in pain. His skin was cold, and pale. They were sitting in a fair amount of blood at this point, and it was apparent to everyone in the room that the chances of Xemnas recovering from this quickly, let alone at all, was slim-to-non.
"What is it?" She asked crying.
"I will always love you." He stated pulling her closer, brushing his lips across hers gently.
"Please don't say that… Not now…" She pleaded while Vexen came over to kneel on the other side of the silver haired man.
"Xemnas, I need you to stop talking…" Vexen stated opening his medical kit.
"Ky-" He started, but his words were cut off by the girls lips.
"Listen to Vexen, please." She sobbed lightly, touching their foreheads together, "Xemnas… I can't lose you…" She murmured kissing him again.
"Kylaxie…" Vexen drew her attention quietly, "I don't think he'll-"
"Oh god, please no!" she cried tightening her grip on the man, "Please don't leave me!" She begged as tears streamed down her cheeks falling to his, "You can't leave me! You're not allowed!" She stated, frustrated.
"I love you…" Xemnas grinned even though she told him she didn't want to hear it.
"I know…" Kylaxie murmured trying to grin back, "I love you too." She grinned staring down at him, "I always will." She nodded, emerald eyes peering into auburn. Kissing the man she began to sob as his hand slipped from her hair, and fell limp to the floor. Staring down at him, she began to cry, and sob heavily as she clung to his motionless form.
Rising to his feet, Vexen walked around Xemnas empty body, he placed his hands on Kylaxie's shoulders. Pulling her up to her feet, he began to drag her away from the body.
Turning away from her dead lover, she buried her face in Vexen's chest.
"Everything will be alright." Vexen muttered rubbing her back.
"How is everything going to be ok!?" She spat hitting his chest with her closed fist, "How could you possibly think that everything is going to be ok!?" She snarled pushing away from the man, "Without him, none of us are anything!" She screamed running from the room.
Laying there with the cool air chilling her skin, she began to shiver lightly. Letting her arm drape across her eyes, she let out a shuddering sigh. Lower lip quivering slightly, she turned her head to gaze up to Castle Oblivion. Dreading the thought of living their without the Organization, tears welled up in her eyes but she blinked them away.
Dynexys stood in the sparring hall, Spear at hand. Gritting her teeth, and clenching her fists around the staff of the spear, she began to fight imaginary beings in the hall. Jumping, and flipping about, she swung her Spear menacingly. Halting with the blade pointing towards the weapons rack, she noted the Organizations personal weapons. Scanning her eyes across the wall, her gaze stopped upon a pair of purple sniper riffles.
Lowering her spear slowly, she glared at the guns, nostrils flaring in anger. Screaming, she spun her spear as it faded to her ring blade. As it made contact with the rack, all the weapons came down with a clatter. Staring at the piles on the floor, she continued to breath heavily. Slipping to her knees, she banished her weapon, grabbing her hair by the handfuls. Pulling at the roots, she screamed again, only this time it drew the attention of Utadixia.
"Hey, what's the matter?" the short blue haired girl asked from the door of the sparring hall. Moving to comfort her Superior, she was stopped by a spear being launched in her general direction. Stopping in her tracks, she stared at the sharp implement sticking out of the stone wall noting the fact that if that's what it did to stone… What it would do to her…
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Dynexys screamed, eyes going black, watching as Utadixia did what she was told, and scurried out of the room as quickly as possible.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Dynexys screamed throwing her spear in Larxene's general direction not really caring if she had better aim than she intended. Storming down the hall, she quirked a brow at the sound of falling, and coughing. She had heard that all to familiar sound a few days ago when Xemnas had faded leaving Kylaxie to lock herself up in her room ever since. Throwing the door to the sparring hall open, she stood there staring wide eyed at Xigbar who was attempting to stand as he coughed up an unhealthy amount of blood.
"Xigbar!" She shouted running over to the man, catching him as he fell again, "Xigbar, why did you go!?" She asked with pleading eyes. Unfortunately for the man in her grasp, the sympathy in her eyes left just as quickly as it came. Shaking him, she glared at him angrily.
"Why the FUCK did you go there!?" She snarled as the man began to laugh leaving Dynexys shell shocked at the fact that he found this amusing.
"As if I wasn't going to get a little payback for that little twerp killing Our superior, and My best friend." Xigbar stated with a groan as he shifted uncomfortably feeling blood trickle down his body from many fresh wounds, and re-opened scars.
"Xigbar…" Dynexys muttered causing Xigbar to stare at her thinking that she was going to get all weepy and emotional. He had never seen the girl like that before, and he didn't want to now… If she cried so would he…
"WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME!? I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO!" She snarled in a questioning manner.
"Because you're not my Superior, and you're not to be giving me orders…" Xigbar chuckled in hopes of making light of the situation.
"No… I'm just your lover…" Dynexys muttered angrily as she hung her head, "I'm not going to cry for you." She stated more to herself than anything as she looked back up at the man.
"I wouldn't want you to." Xigbar shrugged before going into a coughing fit that knocked him from his knees to his rear, "You shouldn't cry over something as trivial as death." he stated earning a scoff from Dynexys.
"No… I just don't cry." She concluded as she settled herself beside the scarred man, "So… Is this… It?" She asked hesitantly, "Are you…" She paused not wanting to finish her phrase.
"Fading?" Xigbar quirked a brow as he finished her sentence, "I'd say yes, seeing as I doubt anyone has ever bled this much, and felt this much pain all that much and lived." Xigbar coughed up blood all over his gloved hand as his head began to spin from blood loss.
"Women." Dynexys chuckled earning a confused look from the man in her arms, "Women bleed for a week and live." She smirked, "And if you want a confirmation on the pain, ask Ky." She laughed earning a matching chuckle from the man.
"Oh, don't worry… We've all heard it." He laughed, fading into more coughing, "Take care of them." He stated as he hinted for her to take his place as his apprentice.
"No!" She snapped growing angry once again, "You're NOT going anywhere, and I won't have to look after anybody!" She shouted, "You're supposed to be the one looking after me remember?" She glared at the man attempting to give him a sense of power in their relationship. Bull shit…
"You don't need anyone to look after you." He grinned, that's why I took you on as my apprentice in the beginning." he stated, "You were strong, aggressive, strong willed, and determined." He explained, "That's why I chose you to take my place." he nodded stroking her cheek, "That and you were far to adorable to turn down." He teased.
"Xigbar!" Dynexys rolled her eyes, "You can't honestly be flirting with me while dying…" Dynexys couldn't help but chuckle, and grin for the first time since she found him like this.
"Hey, a man can try." He smirked before coughing uncontrollably, unable to find to will to stop as blood began to pool in his lungs.
"Xigbar!" Dynexys shouted leaning over him to help him sit up, but to no avail, "Xigbar, you can't do this! Not now!" She snapped clenching her fists around the collar of his coat, "You have to stay here!" She snarled, "For me!" She added shaking him slightly.
Laying there with the violet eyed girl hovering over him, he couldn't help but grin as his breathing finally began to grow faint. Hand slipping up to her hair, he pulled her close, locking lips with the black haired girl.
"Be a good girl now…" He muttered under his final breath.
Sitting there with her lover laying motionless beneath her, she slowly rose to her feet noting the fact that she was now covered in his blood. Clenching her teeth, she rand outside where it was pouring down rain in attempt to was him off of her. The sooner he was completely gone, the sooner she could bare her teeth, and get over it all.
Staring up at the sky she flinched as she heard the screams of one of the female members. Shutting her eyes she summoned her spear, and began to attack a near standing tree. Leaving it 'creatively pruned', she left to her own rooms in hopes of sleeping this all off… Maybe even forget about everything they had entirely… maybe…
Standing there breathing heavily, Dynexys turned slowly to face the farthest pillar in the sparring hall. Walking over, the closer she got, the more obvious it was that there was a stain on the floor. Kneeling beside it, she let her bare fingertips run along the blood stained floor. Tightening her jaw, she clenched her fist and let it come down hard against the stone floor, cracking it ever so slightly.
"Why the FUCK didn't you listen to me!?" She screamed at the stained floor, gritting her teeth as she rose to her feet storming out of the room, leaving the mess of weapons where it was.