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There was silence in The World That Never Was. Wind the only thing making any sort of noise. And the pitter-patter of rain. There were footsteps going through the rain, stepping in countless puddles, and even slipping a couple times. A groan came from the person responsible for the footsteps. He was walking forever, but never saw this Castle that he was suppose to be in. He finally gave up and walked over to the side of a building, the rain subsided from an awning there. The man sat down and sighed, then laid his head back. As soon as he did so, he saw it. He finally saw what he was looking for. That giant white castle. The Castle That Never Was. He quickly got up and ran for it, teleporting into it.
As he entered, he didn't see anyone, but the room was huge. White everywhere, the walls, floors, and ceiling, beyond him. They were ridiculously big. The man turned his head side-to-side, amazed. He walked in a bit, looking some more, then a man appeared in front of him. He was covered in a black cloak, and was hooded, the drawstrings tight. The frame of the man was very thin, and quite tall. The man was looking at the figure, batting his eyes. There was silence for a long while. Suddenly, the hooded man burst out in words, "Welcome, dude! You finally made it!"
The man blinked and was startled by the sudden outburst. The hooded man grabbed his hand and shook it harshly, then turned and motioned him to follow him. The two walked through some hallways, then came to a huge door. It read "I" on it. The hooded man turned to the other man, "Yo, this is our Superior's room. You came here to join, right?" The man nodded. "Right then, you're suppose to go in here, introduce yourself, get your cloak, then come back out here, where I'll be standing. Got it?"
"But, what is your name?"
"You'll find out after you're official, dude. And that's when you'll share with me what your name is." The man nodded, then hesitantly began to open the door. The hooded man pushed him in, and the man stumbled over. When the man regained himself and stood back up, he saw another hooded man sitting at a desk. The man walked slowly towards the desk, looking at how extraordinary the room was.
"Finally here," the hooded figure stated bluntly. The man scratched the back of his head nervously, nodding.
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite know that the castle was floating over the whole city, I thought it was somewhere in the city."
"It's fine." The hooded figure stood and walked around his desk and to a drawer on the other side, and unlocked it with a key. He pulled what seemed like a heavy drawer open and took out a cloak, which looked just like his and the other man's. He gave it to him. "The man that escorted you here will take you to your room. Welcome into the Organization." The man nodded and turned to walk back out and met the man that was there before still standing there.
"Well, dude, how'd it go?" The man nodded to him again. "Great! I'm Xigbar!" the man yelled, enthusiastically removing his hood and revealing his face.
"Nice to meet you, Xigbar. I'm Luxord," the other man replied, putting his cloak on. Xigbar grabbed his hand and shook it harshly again. Luxord pulled away from him and sighed lightly, shaking his hand out.
"Okay, dude, let's go meet the other ones!" Xigbar yelled once more, grabbing Luxord's hand and dragging him off. They came to an even bigger room, with lots and lots of stairs. "Those are the stairs that lead to everyone's rooms, but I'll take you there a bit later. Over there on the other side is the living room, as we call it. It's where all the Nobodies just come to hang when we've got nothing better to do with our lives. But, since you're new, you're gonna have a lot of missions, so you won't be able to visit there for a while, probably."
"That isn't fair." Luxord commented, and gruff look on his face. Xigbar turned to him.
"Too bad. Everyone here had to go through it. And now, it's your turn." Xigbar turned back away and began walking again. Luxord followed him again, looking at the endless white, which was getting on his nerves a bit. He hated all of it, but dared not mention it. Next, they came into another room, what looked like the kitchen. "This is where we get our food, duh. Eating hours for breakfast is 8 am to 10 am, lunch hours are 12 pm to 2 pm, and dinner is from 6 pm to 7 pm. Make sure you're there at those times or you won't get to eat, and the Superior makes no exceptions."
"Why is that?"
"Superior says it wastes food or something. I don't know what time has to do with it, but you should know since you control time, eh?" Xigbar responded, nudging him playfully in the chest. Luxord swatted his elbow away and sighed.
"Oh, joy. A new eating schedule is definitely gonna take some time to get used to. But, when am I going to meet the other members here?"
"In due time, my little bon-bon." Luxord's eye twitched at the new nickname, and he let out a warning growl. Xigbar laughed and continued walking. They came to a very tall room, filled with very high chairs, all at different levels. The also had roman numerals enscribed on them, indicating who's chair it was. "This is the meeting room. It's where we gather whenever the Superior has something to say to the whole Organization."
Luxord looked around, then saw his chair and pointed to it. "That's my chair, right? With the "X" on it?" Xigbar nodded to him, then grabbed his hand and dragged him off again. They didn't strum far from the meeting room when a signal was sent out to the two, telling them to come to the meeting room. Xigbar smirked and turned around, dragging Luxord back to the meeting room. Before they entered, Xigbar turned to Luxord.
"Okay, dude, this is your first meeting. What we do in these meetings is that you must be on time, or Superior will be crazy angry with you. When he poses an open discussion, do not try and contribute unless you're positive you know what you're talking about. If he randomly asks you about anything, think as hard as you can to come up with something that at least sounds smart, or he might think you're stupid. And trust me, you do not want that. Oh, one more thing, don't dare to speak while the Superior is speaking, or you'll pay dearly. He doesn't miss a word, so don't try to sneak it either. After the meeting, meet me here and I'll introduce you to whoever I can catch."
Luxord processed all the important information he was just given, then nodded. "Okay." They both turned and entered the doors and teleported to their seats. Luxord was surprisingly right across from Xigbar, who waved to him. He rolled his eyes slightly, but waved back. Luxord looked down and saw others coming in. First in was a red-haired man, very thin, similar to Xigbar. He was a lot younger looking, however. He was seated two seats away from him, and turned slightly to look at him, his emerald eyes burning into him. Luxord turned away, a weirded out look on his face.
Next, there was a giant man with short brown hair and a little man with blue/silver hair. Behind them was a slightly hunched over blonde haired man with green eyes that looked rather tired. One very young looking blonde came in, with a mullet that would easily get him noticed. One man in particular sparked Luxord's interest, however. He was a blue haired man with evil looking yellow eyes that could pierce anything. He had a mean look and strode in almost silently and sat down, flipping his hair. The last to come in was another rather large man, but this one had long black dreadlocks and sideburns taking up half his face with lavender eyes that could kill.
The Superior was seated in the front, and let down his hood, revealing a black man with crisp white hair and powerful orange eyes. He scanned around, taking note of the members, and nodding. Once everyone was seated, he began.
"Members of the Organization, if you don't know, our new member has arrived." He turned to look at Luxord, and so did the others. Luxord looked around at all the other eyes staring at him. "He has the element of time, and wields a deck of 52 cards. He shall be very helpful in our cause, and you all should get to know him." Superior made a book appear in his hands and opened it, beginning to read some of it out loud. When he closed it again, he frowned. "I need thoughts on that."
The man that was slightly hunched turned to Superior and began explaining theorems and how they could play a part in what was just read. Luxord wasn't following any of it, so he turned to the blue haired man, who was on the other side, near Xigbar. He was sitting calmly with his legs crossed, his hands folded in his lap. Luxord continued looking at him, until another Nobody spoke. It was the one with black dreads. Who knows what he was jabbering on about. Superior nodded and talked back, then made the book disappear. "Thank you for the small, yet helpful contributions, but that's all I need for now. You all are dismissed."
Luxord was first out, and he waited for Xigbar, who had the dreadlocked man linked to him when he came out. "Yo Luxord, this is Xaldin. Xaldin, this is the new one, Luxord." Xaldin held his hand out, and Luxord took it and shook lightly. Xigbar smiled, then nodded to Xaldin, who walked off. Next, Xigbar snagged the hunchback blonde man and brought him over. "This is Vexen. Vexen, this is Luxord." Vexen nodded to him, and Luxord kind of nodded back.
"These Nobodies are so drab."
"Tell me about it. No color at all, dude." Xigbar said, chuckling. He ran to Lexaeus and tackled him, though Lexaeus was too big to knock over, so Xigbar merely hit the floor. He brung Lexaeus over and smirked. "Lux, this is Lexaeus. Lexaeus, this is Luxord." Lexaeus held his hand out, and Luxord could only stare for a second at how big it was. He took it and shook it, and when Lexaeus shook back, it was so hard, Luxord nearly screeched.
Luxord shook his hand out, making an "Ow!" face. "Hey, who's the blue-haired one?" Xigbar turned.
"Which one? The one with silver/blue hair, or the pure blue?"
"Pure blue."
"Oh, that's Saix. I'll go get him--." Luxord grabbed his arm.
"No, no! It's fine, I'd rather you not." He sighed, "What's the 'Superior''s name?" Xigbar laughed out, patting Luxord on the shoulder, then wrapping his arm around him.
"That's Xemnas, though, if you're smart, you'd address him as 'Superior' to his face. The last member that didn't do that..." Xigbar tensed and kind of shook it out. "Man, that was not cool. So whatever you do, don't you dare call him Xemnas to his face. You can call him that any other time, but just don't let him hear you, heh." Xigbar then grabbed Luxord's hand again and once more, dragged him off and into the kitchen. "Xemnas will have you on a mission soon, which one of the members will accompany you, so you better eat now."
"Won't you be accompanying me?" Luxord asked, a bit confused. Xigbar made a weird face, and leaned it to the side, obviously, but unclearly, implying something. He went to grab Luxord some food, and came back, setting it down in front of him.
"Look, man. I don't know who Xemnas is gonna stick with you. That's why I tried to introduce you to everyone while we had the chance. I hope he puts me with you, though I have a feeling he won't, since I've been with you this whole time," Xigbar said with a sigh. He sat next to Luxord and cracked his neck. Luxord sighed as well and looked down at his food, then began to eat it. It was ribeye steak with a baked potatoe and vegetables.
As Luxord had only gotten halfway done, the message for him to go to Xemnas' office was given to him. Xigbar sighed, and patted his shoulder. Luxord got up and put the food away. Xigbar volunteered to walk him to Xemnas' office, so they both started for that. "Xigbar..."
"Yeah, Lux?"
"I'm scared. I know I'm suppose to not have any emotions, but I'm scared. What if it goes wrong or something?" Xigbar placed his elbow on Luxord's shoulder and shook his head lightly.
"Don't even worry about it, Lux. You'll be fine, no matter who you're with. If you have problems, then I suggest you just go for the goal, deal with the member some other time." Luxord nodded and actually began to smile a bit. They arrived at Xemnas' door, and they both sighed simultaneously. Luxord turned to Xigbar, and Xigbar turned back to him. Xigbar rubbed his shoulder comfortingly, then stepped back to let him go in.
Luxord entered the room, and looked up to see Xemnas staring at him, his orange eyes standing out from everything else in the room, other than his complextion. You could simply look at this man and see the power in him, his authority. Luxord was intimidated by the man, and almost felt the need to bow down to him, but didn't, just in case it was wrong. Xemnas stood and walked around his desk and up to Luxord.
"Seems you need to work on your punctuallity." Luxord looked down slightly. "In any case, this is your very first mission, so pay attention. You are to go to a forest, any forest of your choosing for now. You go there and aquire a rare jewel that I've had my mind set on. It holds a lot of energy, which could help with completing Kingdom Hearts. This jewel however, only exists in two forests. There are millions of forests out there, but only are there two of these jewels. I will not tell you which forests it is in, you must find that out yourself. The only resource you will have is Xaldin."
Luxord tensed once he heard the name of the member he'd be with. He had so hoped that he'd be paired with Xigbar, or at least someone that seemed nicer, but he wasn't. He nodded lightly. Xemnas studied the moustachio for a moment, his eyes testing him. Luxord looked back at him, trying desperately not to give off any negative or unnecessary energy. Xemnas leaned in closer, their noses nearly touching. He was staring deep into Luxord's cerulean eyes, and he was making the poor man shiver. He pulled back and turned back to his desk and sat back down.
Luxord looked around, not moving his head or body, only his eyes. He was very nervous. What had his Superior seen? Was he unhappy about it? What was going to happen to him? Xemnas looked up at him, then snapped his fingers. A bunch of Nobodies that looked like gamblers appeared. "These are your Nobodies to control. You may call them whatever you'd like, just let me know what you decide to call them. Do whatever with them, don't do something you will regret." Luxord nodded, too afraid to ask questions, or say anything for that matter. "Go. Xaldin's waiting down in the city for you. Look for him."
Luxord turned to walk out of the room, and got to the door until Xemnas' deep, powerful voice stopped him dead in his tracks, "Oh, and you have but 3 hours to complete this mission." Luxord's eyes widened in fear, then he walked out. Xigbar was standing there, and immediately saw the discomfort on his face.
"Pretty extreme mission, huh? Yeah, it's the same look with all the members. But, I take it I wasn't paired with you..."
"No, I got Xaldin."
"Xaldin! That's great! You've got a pretty decent man. He's scruffy and I'm sure he'll hate you, but if you show you aren't afraid of him, he'll cooperate. If not, you're going to have trouble. But, remember what I said: If the member you're with gives you trouble, focus on the mission, deal with the member later. And your Nobodies should prove good help too, but make sure you can control them." Luxord nodded to him, then turned. Xigbar wrapped an arm around his shoulders, and pushed him lightly. "Come on, we need to get you outside and with Xaldin. You only have three hours."
Luxord wrapped an arm around Xigbar's midsection in acceptance, and walked with him out to the city. They both put their hoods up and began searching for Xaldin. "Hey, Xigbar, couldn't you tell me which forests the jewel is in?"
"I'd love to, but I can't do that for a few reasons. One, if I did, Xemnas would know and I'd get my ass in trouble. Two, I never had to go through this mission, and when I did, I had to go through with Xaldin. Three, that was so long ago, I sure as hell don't remember which forests it was." Luxord sighed, then nodded in comprehension.
The two, still together, turned a corner and continued walking. They walked for quite a while, probably around 15 minutes, until they finally saw a dark figure leaning against a wall. The figure had six big spears in his hands, and were shooting them at another wall like darts. Xigbar hollered Xaldin out, and the figure turned and came to them. "Yo man, you ready to go?"
Xaldin nodded, though it was hard to see in the darkness and the rain, and since he had his hood loosely on his head. Xigbar slightly hugged Luxord with the one arm he had around him, and nudged his head against his. Luxord nudged a bit back, then walked over to Xaldin. Xigbar sighed to himself, then opened a portal and walked through it, back to the castle.
Luxord turned to Xaldin. He couldn't tell if Xaldin was looking at him, or something else. Xaldin didn't speak, he merely turned and opened a corridor, walking through it. Luxord had to dash to make it in the corridor before it closed, since apparently Xaldin didn't intend to leave it open for him.
This was going to be a long mission.
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