Well, I was recently doing one of those OC surveys, and I had an excellent idea for a new fanfic!
So here it is:Crystal Heart, chapter 1. I hope you will all enjoy it!
'I'm sorry...everyone, I'm so sorry...'
My eyes immediately sprang open. "Not that dream again...," I said quietly to myself, holding my forehead in my right hand. Those dreams always managed to give me a headache, especially early in the morning. I quickly stole a glance at the clock, it read 7:30. Ugh, I thought. Deciding that it would be better to just get up (besides the fact that I'd probably wouldn't be able to get back to sleep anyway;I was weird that way), I swung my feet over the side of my pure white bed.
Stretching my arms over my head, I heard a knock at my door. "Yo, you up?" I groaned, not really wanting to answer.
"I doubt it'd matter to you, so just open the damn door;I'm not a butler, you know," I growled, grabbing my Black Coat and throwing it over my head. "Crap," I muttered, getting my head stuck inside. I tugged on it, trying to get it off as I heard my door open. I sighed, the person who had just walked in started laughing.
"How in the hell do you always get stuck in it?" I grunted, his teasing was not appreciated.
"Just help me get the damn thing over my head, will ya?" He laughed again, before I felt the zipper being tugged on. After a few seconds, I saw my room once again, before I saw Axel stand back from me, still sniggering. I quickly pulled the coat onto my arms, zipping it back down, yes I said down, not up. Whoever made these coats had a serious problem... Anyway, I glared back at Axel, who was grinning at me;I always used to call that the 'Cheshire smile'. "It's not funny...this thing is too small for me in the waist!" He laughed once more.
"Well, next time, take better care of yours, then you wouldn't have to borrow Toothpick Waist's extras!" I laughed; Toothpick Waist, aka Larxene would kill him if she heard him say that...
...Not that I'd ever tell her, cause I called her that too, haha.
"Speaking of my coat, is it finally fixed?"
Axel nodded. "Actually, that's the reason why I came." He threw a bag at me. I opened it, finally, I thought, pulling out my original coat and...another one? I pulled out a second Black Coat;apparently I had finally gotten the extra I'd asked for months ago. "You're welcome," he added, pointing at the extra one. I had to admit, he did have some pull around here...
"Thank you, Axel," I sarcastically stated, putting it in the fakest sweet voice I could manage. He then proceeded to flick me on the forehead. "Bastard," I spat at him. He just grinned.
"Hey, takes one to know one." I threw the pillow on my bed at him, which he inconveniently caught and threw back at me. I, being the uncoordinated one in the mornings, took it right to the face. I landed back on the bed, the pillow in my face.
"Oof...geez. Very funny, Axel," I muttered into my pillow.
I suppose now would be a great time to introduce myself. My name is Anichrixis, and I'm a Nobody. What's a Nobody, you ask? Well, a person is split into 3 parts:the heart, the body, and the soul. When a normal person loses their heart, the body is left behind, and if the heart was strong, a Nobody is the byproduct. An incomplete being without a heart, in the most basic sense. Our group, which goes by the name of Organization XIII, is the group of the strongest Nobodies in current existence.
There are currently 14 of us, and as for me, I'm number 14. I'm also one of the only Nobodies who can wield a Keyblade, the only other being Roxas. We destroy what's known as Heartless in order to further our leader's plans:to complete Kingdom Hearts so we can supposedly become 'whole'. Personally, I don't see what the big fuss is all about;I can get by just fine without a heart, but whatever. They're the ones who took me in when I had no other place to go, so I decided, what the hell, and joined them. In the process, I've made some great friends:Roxas, the aforementioned pain-in-the-butt Axel, and Demyx.
Of course, being Nobodies and all, we're only supposedly 'imagining the feeling' of being friends, but in my opinion, it's a load of bullshit. Not that I'd ever say that aloud, anyway.
"You two seem lively for so early in the morning." I grunted.
"Naw, that's just Flamey here being an ass as usual;G'morning, by the way, Roxas," I answered, lifting the pillow off my face and grinning at Roxas. He just laughed.
"Oh, well, then it's a normal morning, isn't it?" Axel grabbed his friend, putting him in a headlock.
"Haha, watch it, buddy!," Axel said, letting go of Roxas and smacking him on the back of the head. I laughed as Roxas winced, rubbing the back of his head.
"Geez, maybe I should." I laughed again, pulling my Coat—the right fitting one—over my head, then punched Axel in the arm.
"Hey, be nice to the Roxas," I scolded, grinning. Roxas and Axel laughed, and pretty soon I joined in, until we were all doubled over with laughter. "A-anyway, how's about we get some food, I'm starved!" Roxas wiped his eyes.
"Yeah, I agree," he added, so we all headed out to the kitchen.
When we finally arrived, Demyx was the only one there...with his head in the refrigerator. Getting an awesome idea, I elbowed Axel in the ribs, and put my finger to my mouth, signaling Roxas and Axel to be quiet. When they saw my huge grin, they both nodded. I slowly creeped up behind him, then I slung my arm over his shoulder, shouting "G'morning Demmy!" loudly in his ear. He jumped violently, knocking his head on the top. "Heh, oops," I said sheepishly, rubbing the back of my head. Roxas and Axel just laughed, then Roxas helped him up.
"You okay, Demyx?," Roxas asked. Demyx just rubbed his head, grinning.
"Nah, I'm good. Believe me, it's not the first time I've knocked my head." I grinned at him.
"Sorry Demyx, didn't mean for you to hit your head."
"It's cool, but it's way too early for you two to be up. What are you two doing up, anyway?," he asked, pointing at me, then at Axel, who had started raiding the refrigerator himself.
I waved my hand. "Eh, no reason, I suppose, but it was Axel's turn to clean the clothes, so he came and brought me my coat while he was at it. Speaking of Axel...," I trailed off, before walking over to the redhead and pulling him out of the refrigerator. "Dude, save some for us, will ya?," I told him.
"Hey, I don't eat as much as everybody else here! And there's another reason why I'm up so early," he added, reaching back in the fridge and throwing us each a drink. Mine was Pepsi, by the way;it was the only cold drink I drank. Fortunately for me, I wasn't the only one;Axel only drank it too. Roxas and Demyx had a Coke.
"Okay, so what's the deal?," questioned Roxas as he opened his drink.
"Well," Axel began, before taking a gulp, "me and Hothead Ani here have got a mission in Radiant Garden." He put his hand on my shoulder as I opened my Pepsi and took a long drink from it, thinking to myself. That's the place where they first found me... I couldn't help what wonder what we were supposed to do there. Besides, I hadn't been to the place since they had taken me in. I was curious as to what it looked like now.
"Ohhh, but what are you supposed to do there?," Roxas asked, taking another sip. I looked up from my drink after taking a breath.
"There's supposedly a huge Heartless there that we need to destroy," Axel concluded, taking a long draft from his drink before sighing. "Bound to be fun, isn't it?," he added sarcastically. I groaned, facepalming.
"We get all the crappy work, don't we...," I muttered, before finishing my Pepsi and throwing the can in the garbage. I stretched, turning towards them. "Oh well, might as well get it over with," I said, none too excited about this mission. Axel nodded.
"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Guess we'll see you two later, then," he said, finishing his drink. Tossing the can in the trash, he opened a portal, and stepped through it. I waved at Demyx and Roxas, who smiled at me and waved back, as I stepped through the portal myself.
"Whew! What a view," I heard Axel say as I stepped out of the dark corridor. I quickly pulled my Black Coat off (I hated that thing;I just couldn't fight with it on), revealing my black skirt, my dark blue shirt, and my black vest, as well as my armwarmer and glove (on opposite arms, of course). I also had a fencing sword at my hip, held there by a slim chain hanging from my skirt. I couldn't help staring in awe myself. We were on the front part of the castle in Radiant Garden. From there, you could see just about everything in the town. I looked around, and saw something really familiar:the path to the left of us was the way that led inside the castle, which was where I woke up for the first time. I had assumed that was where my Somebody's heart had been released.
"Yo, you okay there, Ani?," Axel said, waving a hand in front of my face. I quickly snapped from my thoughts, shaking my head fervently. He just laughed. "Come on, we just got here. Don't spazz on me yet," Axel teased. I just stuck my tongue out at him.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Let's just get going, shall we?"
He nodded. "Yeah." He pointed to a path to the right of us. "That's where the target was supposed to have been spotted."
"Who was the one who saw it?," I asked, curious.
He just laughed, "Demyx was the one who found it, and he ran away from it almost immediately!" I laughed as well.
"Must've been one hell of a Heartless, huh?," I concluded. "Well, whatever, let's get going."
"Alright, let's go then." He started down the path that led into the canyon. I followed soon after him, but not before taking a quick glance back at the castle entrance.
After battling a few groups of Heartless and making our way down the canyon, we stopped for a breather. Neither of us had been here before, and the canyon was a lot longer than it looked. I sighed, taking a drink from my bottle of water and looking around. "There's not much around here, besides Heartless I mean," I commented, looking over at Axel.
"I'm sure it used to be a lot more...lively before the Heartless invaded," he said, walking toward me and sitting down.
"You think? Hmm," I wondered, "I would've liked to see it before the whole Heartless invasion." Axel chuckled a little, taking my water bottle and drinking from it. I scowled at him;he was always taking my water, when I knew he had his own.
He must've noticed my expression, because he stopped drinking and stuck his tongue out at me. "It's not my fault you make it so easy," he said before raising the bottle back to his mouth and drinking more water—my water.
After a few seconds of deciding I'd had enough of that, I spontaneously hit the bottom of the bottle. Please tell me you get the brilliance of that. When the water went all over his face, I busted out laughing. "Hahaha, now THAT was too easy!," I said between laughs. He glared at me before dumping the rest on my head.
"Who's the one mad now, huh?," Axel said, after I stopped laughing and began glaring at him. Eventually I laughed, him joining in for a few seconds...before we heard a huge noise.
"What the hell...?," I wondered aloud. Axel shook his head.
"I don't know...it sounded...a little like...thunder, maybe?" I tilted my head towards where the sound had came from, cupping one hand around my ear. There's that sound again...he's right, it does sound kinda like thunder. But...I thought, looking towards the sky, there's not a cloud in sight! Unless...
"Axel, do you think...?," I began, and he looked towards where the sound was.
"Yeah, there's no doubt about it...gotta be the target." I nodded. That must be one HUGE Heartless to make a sound like that, I thought, getting up and bringing out my Keyblade, Crystal Heart.
"Better get ready," I warned, walking towards the sound and motioning for Axel to get up. He did, summoning his chakrams as he did so. Axel walked further towards the sound, putting a finger to his lips. I shut up, because the last thing we needed was for that Heartless to hear us.
We heard the sound one more time before a horrible roar reached our ears. I covered mine, as did Axel, both of us wincing at the noise. "What the hell...kind of Heartless makes a noise like that...?," I wondered aloud.
Part of me really didn't want to know what kind of Heartless it was at that point.
A few seconds later, we heard it again, followed by a HUGEMONGOUS shadow passing over us. We then saw a hideous and towering(what I guessed to be) Heartless land in front of us. Eeeewww...it's disgusting, I thought. The Heartless had a mask on the side of its head, and it had crimson red eyes, which were to the left of the mask. It was a dark red color, even a deeper crimson than its eyes, and it was dripping with something...darkness, I assumed. (A/N:If any of you have ever played Persona 3 or Persona 4, just think of how a Shadow's body is;that's what the dripping looks like.)
Axel's eyes widened. "What the...," he wondered aloud;apparently he'd never seen a Heartless like that before, either. As quick as it had landed, it reared back, sucking air into it's mouth. About two seconds after that, Axel yelled, "Get down!," pushing us both down as the Heartless spit out a blue flame. The flame went just above our heads, and it lasted a good 10 seconds.
"Holy freakin' crap," I muttered to myself. We both jumped out of its path when it began to rampage around the area we were in, running (or should I say sloshing?) on all fours. We managed to make it on the edge of the canyon wall, where we caught a quick breather. "Where in the great holy hell did that monstrosity come from?," I asked Axel, who had his hands on his knees, breathing heavily.
"I...have no idea," he said straightening up and looking down at the Heartless. "Well, either way, we've gotta get rid of it;it is the target, after all." I couldn't help looking at him like he was crazy.
"Are you nuts, Axel? Do you know how long that'll take?," I asked him in a low-pitched voice. "That thing's huge!" He looked at me for a second, eyebrows raised, before he laughed hard, summoning his chakrams once more.
"What, Ani? You scared?" I glared at him, before noticing that the Heartless seemed to notice us yakking away on the cliff. My eyes widened, and I summoned my Keyblade again. "What's wrong...aw, crap!," Axel yelled as we both jumped away from that part of the cliff;the crazy thing had managed to scale that huge wall! It chomped on the ground where we had been just seconds ago, before realizing that its 'prey' wasn't there, letting out a terrible roar once again. Axel had landed on the ground;I came down beside him. It started pouring down raining right as we landed. Greeeaaaat...
"What the hell are we supposed to do about that thing?," I wondered. There had to be something that would work against it...
"Yo, hate to interrupt your thought process, but, we've got company," Axel said, nodding at the people who had just showed up, pulling me closer to the entrance to the clearing so they wouldn't see us. Turns out we weren't the only ones chasing that Heartless, I thought, gazing at the group that had appeared at the other end of the place's entrance.
The first one had brown hair down to his shoulders, with a gunblade in his hands, and dark blue clothing, with a red belt. The second one had short, black hair, and she was carrying a shuriken. She had a vest on with a black shirt and khaki shorts, with light tan knee-high boots and a black bandanna circling her forehead.. The third one looked a little older than the others, and he was holding a spear. He was wearing a blue shirt with a jacket around the waist, and long brown pants. The last one had a humongous sword, and he had spiky blonde hair. He was wearing all black, with one arm covered by a sleeve, the other one only had a glove.
For some reason, they all felt...familiar to me, especially the last one...though I had never seen them before. The first one with the gunblade leapt up and slashed the thing in the back, which only seemed to anger it, for it only cried louder. The girl with the shuriken jumped up to the cliff, where the thing's head was, and threw what looked like a grenade at it. It exploded right in the thing's face, and the thing swung at her, knocking her down into the canyon near where we were.
"Yuffie! You alright?," the guy with the spear yelled, and apparently, she was, for 'Yuffie' got up, giving him a thumbs up. He then jumped up, stabbing the thing in the back;his spear got stuck in the thing, causing it to jerk around, with him still on it. He hung on, though, I'll give him that.
The last guy jumped up to the thing, hitting it square on the forehead with his sword, causing the thing to fall back into the canyon, not far from us. It landed with a huge 'thud', spraying black squishy stuff everywhere. Axel then nudged me, causing me to look up at him. He pointed at the Heartless, then at my blade, then nodded. Getting the message, I nodded back, then ran at the thing, jumping up in the air.
With a quick battle cry, I brought my Crystal Heart down upon the huge Heartless, cutting it in two. It roared once more before its head fell to the ground, and a crystal-like heart came floating up from the thing's forehead. The heart then was swallowed by a quick cloud of darkness, making it disappear. One more heart for Kingdom Hearts, I thought, looking up at the heart, then getting to my feet as the Heartless's body faded.
I was facing away from the little group who had crashed our little 'Heartless hunting party', and I grinned, giving Axel a thumbs up. He did the same, before a frown crossed his face, and he quickly disappeared behind the wall. What the heck, Axel...? "Hey!," the guy with the gunblade called out. "Who are you?"
"Well, she must be strong if she took out that Heartless," the girl named Yuffie said, walking toward me apparently, because her voice got louder as she spoke again. "Hey, never seen you around here before."
"Woah, Yuffie. We don't even know if she's friendly," the guy with the gunblade said. "Who are you?," he asked again. I still hadn't turned around;I was still contemplating why their voices sounded so familiar...
"Yo! Why don't you turn around so we can get a proper look at 'cha," the guy with the spear said. I couldn't help but to start chuckling.
"Well, alright, I suppose that's only appropriate," I said, spinning around on my heel, grinning at them very broadly, my eyes closed. I heard them all gasp when I stopped.
"W-what the...!"
"It...it can't be! What's going on, Leon?"
"Wasn't she...-wait, Cloud, don't come down here!," yelled 'Leon'. I opened my eyes to see him yelling at the spiky-haired guy on the cliff, who jumped down, ignoring Leon's words. He landed safely on the ground, his eyes closed. The others quickly gathered around him, trying to block his view of me, for whatever reason, I guessed.
"What's going on down here? Who's the one who stopped the Heartless?," the spiky blonde haired one, Cloud, asked his companions as he stood up, brushing himself off.
"W-well...," Yuffie began, and at that point, I couldn't take being ignored anymore—I hated being ignored, period—and marched up to all of them, stopping in front of the group.
"I was the one who destroyed it. Got a problem, Spiky?," I informed them, questioning the blonde swordsman with the last part. He took one look at me-
-and his eyes widened considerably, a few (read:a heck of a lot) emotions floating through his eyes. "...no...no way...," he said, all of the feelings in his eyes quickly turning to confusion and mainly rage. "There's...no way...you're dead, I'm sure of it!," he yelled. I took a step back, what the hell did I do to make this guy so mad at me? The others apparently noticed his reaction, because they all stepped in front of him.
"Woah, now now Cloud, calm down, you can't assume anything!," Yuffie tried to reason with him, but it apparently wasn't working, for he answered back in a haze of anger.
"Bullshit!" She was pretty taken aback by that response, because she flinched. "I saw her die before my eyes! You all did!," he continued, reaching for and unsheathing the sword on his back. When they saw that, the other two guys grabbed him by the arms, trying to restrain him. "There's no way in hell that that's her;it's an imposter, I know it! LET ME GO!," he roared, straining against his friends' holds on him.
"Cloud," Leon began, struggling to hold on to him, "you're not thinking rationally. Calm the hell down!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET ME GO, DAMMIT!"
"No, 'fraid we can't do that, you'd probably kill the girl in the rage you're in right now!," the other guy said.
"AARRRGGGGHH! LET ME GO!," he shouted once more, and a blue flame-like glow enveloped his blade, then his body. He wrenched his arms from their holds, and the glow knocked his friends away from him. He stood in a battle stance, his sword in front of him.
I felt my legs start to shake, and my Keyblade quickly disappeared, my legs buckling under me.
I was truly afraid (for once) that this guy was really going to kill me. The look in his eyes was full of murderous rage, and as he started to walk towards me, I scooted back away from him, scared to death of what he was going to do.
Wouldn't you know it, that my luck just happened to run out, right there?
For my back quickly hit the canyon wall.
I looked up at the guy called Cloud;he was still coming towards me. Sonofvabitch, I thought, my existence is going to be cut short by some crazy guy with a sword. And I have no idea what the hell I did! When he finally stopped walking towards me, he jumped into the air, doing a flip and bringing down his blade toward me. I shut my eyes, the last thing I want to watch is definitely not this guy cutting me in half...
But, to my great surprise, the edge of the sword never came down on me. Huh? I thought, I had seriously thought I was done for! I opened my eyes and looked up-
-to see Axel holding Cloud's sword back from hitting me with his chakrams. "Move!," he yelled at me, nodding in the direction of where he'd been hiding. A portal...Sweet!
"Thanks, Axel!," I yelled as I got up, hi-tailing it towards the portal.
"WAIT!," Cloud yelled at me, pulling his sword from Axel's chakrams, and charging towards me. I quickly pulled my Black Coat out and slung it over my head before running through the portal. I took one last look back through it, seeing Cloud running towards it. I looked towards Axel; seeing him going safely through his own portal, I closed the one I'd went through.
What did that guy have against me? I wondered, starting on my way back through the Dark Corridor.
Somehow, I'm extraordinarily pleased with how this came out! XD
Please read and review! I really appreciate your opinions, dear readers, and I would love to know what you think about this new story.
Until next time, this is Catalyna Cullen, signing off!