Curiosity Killed The Cat
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That heartless is going down.
With my Keyblade in hand, I impaled it into the black, squishy stomach of that last heartless. It disappeared along with a heart rising up into the sky.
I dismissed my weapon and wiped the sweat off from my forehead and brushed my dirty blonde bangs out of my face.
"Hopefully that's the last mission today." I pondered as I pictured myself entering back into The Grey Area to relax but only to find out Saix had other plans for me.
It was hot in Agrabah. The weltering sun was baking me into cookie; it didn't help the fact that my cloak was black along with gloves and boots. Man, just thinking of cookies got me hungry. Darn it.
I began walking towards my RTC portal on the crunchy, sandy ground as drips of sweat continued to pour off of me. Immediately as I stepped into the circle of darkness, it enveloped me in a black-purple color and I reappeared into The Grey Area.
This place was so depressing like. Could of it have been the grayish blue color of the walls? Could it have been the back wall that was actually a large window and all that was visible was a shade of black? I mean, this world had no sun. Or maybe it was just the way I "felt" about it.
I walked that thought off and took short slow strides up to Saix who was second in command and was standing in front of the large window wall. He stood there practically all day. Doesn't he get bored or something? How is that even comfortable?
"Your assignments are finished, Roxas." The tall man with blue hair who had a visible fleshy pink hue of an X in between his yellow eyes stated with no emotion. Just the way he said my name gave me the chills. I don't know why, I guess because it was kind of creepy
With a mental sigh of relief I turned on my heel to walk away when his voice came back.
"The Superior wants to see you." He mentioned. I could just picture his straight face. Saix never ever smiled, everyone else seemed to.
With a nod I exited through a hallway and began walking by myself as each foot step echoed on the grayish blue floor.
The Superior's office was just down the hall from The Grey Area. And only those who were in trouble got sent there, like my friend Axel. I guess you could say he was like the principal. But why was I getting sent there? Did I do something wrong? I always make sure I follow the rules and stuff. Maybe someone's pulling a prank on me.
I shrugged those thoughts off and came across a tall, arch shaped, white door. His door was the biggest and the most distinguishable due to the black markings on it. I swallowed and opened the large door and inside was the superior sitting at his white desk.
"Roxas," He said slowly in his low, monotone voice. "Come, sit."
Xemnas' voice was probably the second creepiest voice. It was so deep like it vibrated in his throat and the thing the annoyed me the most was how slow he spoke. I bet a sloth could cross a street by the time he finished a simple sentence.
I took a few steps in the large, open and circular shaped room and took a seat at a simple wooden chair that was placed in front of his desk. His ember eyes stared into my blue ones. I looked away and tried not to notice.
"Number thirteen," He started. Ugh not that annoying tone."I want to review your mission progress."
Mission progress? Piece of cake, what was I worrying about? I was probably the best one around here, I barely ever slacked and I completed every task on time.
I nodded as he opened a drawer from his desk and shuffled through some papers.
His office was pretty orderly. Book shelves lined the left wall and they weren't put away lazily or anything. And just like The Grey Area; he also had a window wall behind his desk. His walls were a gray hue and on the right of the room was a couch and a couple of other chairs.
I turned my attention back to Xemnas who was still sorting through his papers. Man, for a superior he wasn't very organized. The corners of his mouth curved, forming a smirk as he grabbed a tan colored folder.
I heard an object fall onto the floor and in curiosity, I bent over and took a look under his desk and the thing that fell was bronze colored key. It looked old. Why would he have such an old key? All the locks on the doors of the castle were all upgraded a few months ago and they each had all new shiny, silver keys. Not old bronze ones. Maybe I'm just getting too far into it.
I saw his gloved hand quickly retrieve the key and secretly put it back in the drawer. Should I ask him about it? Nah, too risky.
He set the tan folder on the desk and closed the drawer.
"Roxas, you have the second highest mission score." He stated as his fingers flipped open the cover and inside was all the mission reports I had filled out. The papers were quite simple actually. It had three things you had to write down. First it wanted you to write down the location, secondly, the activities and thirdly the observations. In the top right hand corner, it asked for your name.
Wait, did he say second highest? Who had the first? Maybe it was too bothersome to ask.
"I want to congratulate you. By your success, you have given Kingdom Hearts countless hearts." He mentioned with a slight smile on his lips. Nothing made him more "happy" than hearts. He is obsessed with those things. I remember on Valentine's day that Demyx gave him little candy hearts and…Yeah that's another story.
"Uh, thanks." I said after finally thinking of that funny incident with those candy hearts.
"For such great progress I shall give you an award." He stated. He then reached into his cloak pocket and jiggled his hand around in there for a while. What did he even have in there? It's probably like the pocket that never was or actually that never ends.
He finally grabbed whatever it was and closed his hand and held it out in front of me. I raised my eyebrow. Was this even necessary?
Finally after what it seemed like years, he opened his hand and in it was a Level Quadrupler. I was ecstatic. Those things were rare to find! I calmed myself and slowly took the little device. I didn't want to seem that rude. I stuck it in my pocket and a smile plastered on my face.
"You are dismissed. Continue to complete your missions thoroughly." He stated in that deep voice of his. I calmly got out of the chair and exited his office. And little did I know that Zexion was standing outside the door along with a couple other members like Xigbar and Luxord.
"What are you doing?" I asked in curiosity. Maybe they were listening to the whole thing. I didn't say anything wrong did I? Hopefully I didn't get them upset.
"Hello Roxas." Zexion, the guy with that strange hairdo that Axel calls the "emo hair", greeted.
Xigbar had long black hair that was tied up in a pony tail. White streaks were in his locks and an eye patch covered his left eye. He waved his hand slightly. "Hey Tiger." He greeted. He always called me nicknames. "We're just waiting. It seems that boss man wants us for something and Saix told us that you were in there. What are you doing?" This guy had a pretty cool voice. It was like a surfer accent. But the strange thing was is that he was like forty or something.
I searched for some words to say. "Um," I started. "I'm going to get some ice cream." Yeah, that was the truth. Axel, my best friend was probably waiting for me at the Clock Tower in Twilight Town with two melting ice creams in his hands.
"Well," Spoke Luxord, the British man with blonde hair. He even had a goatee and was always shuffling a deck of cards in his hands. "Have a great game." He finished. Yeah, that's Luxord. He always refers to things that have to do with games. It's annoying.
With a slight nod I continued walking down the hall. When I knew that nobody was around to bug me, I summoned a dark corridor with a flick of my wrist and stepped through the black and purple swirl.
Those things were cool and made traveling easy. All you do is step through the portal and bam, you end up somewhere else.
After stepping out the other end I squinted my eyes. That sunset was bright. I was now on top of the tallest building in Twilight Town: the Clock Tower. It was always quiet and peaceful up here and that's why Axel and I hung out up here because nobody would bug us and we could talk about stuff without anyone knowing.
I turned the corner of the tower and saw my best friend who was lying down on his back with two ice cream sticks in his mouth. His hands were behind his head in a relaxed way and his eyes were closed.
I knew it. He ate MY ice cream. Talk about a best friend.
"Axel." I called out loud enough to awake him if he was asleep.
His green eyes shot open and he raised his eyebrows. "'Bout time you showed up." He stated.
I took a seat on the edge and propped my elbows unto my knees. "Yeah, Xemnas called me into his office." I replied while staring off into the distance.
"Oh?" He inquired while sitting up and taking the two wooden sticks out of his mouth. "Has somebody not been abiding by the rules?" He teased while nudging me in the arm. He then chuckled and stuck a stick back in his mouth.
"No. It was just a mission review or something like that. He even gave me a Level Quadrupler." I replied a little pride fully as I took the small device out of my pocket and showed him.
His eyebrows raised and snatched it out of my hand. "Teacher's pet." He mumbled under his breath while placing it back in my hand lazily.
I shoved it into my pocket. "Hey," I started to get his attention. "Do you know of any old locks in the castle?" I asked. Hopefully he wouldn't pry too much out of me. He's been here longer than I have so hopefully he'd know.
"Old locks?" He repeated as he took the stick out of his mouth. "Can't say that I do. Why?" He inquired. Darn it, I hate that simple three worded question. Maybe I shouldn't have asked.
If I lie, he'll just find out that I didn't tell the truth and that would end up bad in the long run. I mean, we are friends. I SHOULD tell him secret stuff like that.
"Well, Xemnas has an old bronze key in his office and I know all the locks got replaced with brand new ones along with keys. So what do you think it goes to?" I asked with a little regret. What if he tells someone and we end up getting into trouble? What about my mission reputation? I'm the second best in this Organization and I don't want to end up the worst.
"That key could probably go to anything like a…" He trailed off to find some words to say. "Like a drawer to his desk or a box or something in his closet. Who knows?" He finished.
"Yeah but, it was pretty old and ancient looking." I added to make it sound more interesting.
"Imagine the secrets it holds." He stated. We both turned our heads to look at each other at the same time and each of us raised our eyebrows.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" He inquired while a smirk grew on his lips.
With a nod and much regret, I opened a dark corridor and we exited Twilight Town.
End of chapter one! The next chapter should be up soon, it's already half way done. :) Like it? Hate it? Tell me in a review and have some cookies! :D