Kingdom Hearts Fanfic:Returning Home

Introduction:Ignorance Is Bliss

True light is never pure,

for light cannot live alone.

Darkness lingers within light

and balance is born.

Fantasy meets reality.

And in the end,

true happiness is found

"Damn it, Lyxnn! Just shut up!" yelled an angry cold voice, "No one wants to listen to that 'true happiness is found' crap."

"Xicimh, stop being so crabby. Just calm down," replied Lyxnn.

In the World That Never Was, where light nor darkness exist, four Nobodies lived in a damp crooked old shack in the core of the city. In the distance, Organization XIII's castle is seen, floating in the starless sky. And beyond the castle is the heart-shaped moon, created by the stolen hearts of others.

"Ugh, you guys are so annoying. Damn it, I wish I never existed here with you guys," Xicimh spat and stomped out the door.

"Uh...you don't. We don't." Lyxnn pointed out, "We're nobodies, remember?"

Xicimh slammed the door behind her and leaned against it.

"I did nothing to deserve to be living out here," Xicimh asked softly to herself, "especially with them."

Xicimh took off her hood and brushed her dark olive green spiky hair away from her ice cold eyes and pale face. She lifted her head up and saw the floating castle of Organization XIII in the sky. Xicimh heaved a heavy sigh. Closing her eyes, she used her psychic ability to view inside her old home. She immediately lost control and released her ability.

"Damnit, they created force fields cause of me. Meh. Why do I pretend to have sentimental values towards that place?"

Not to long ago, a few nobodies were excluded from Organization XIII because their beliefs about becoming full and complete were completely different. Their deceased leader Xebys told them a tale about a battle for Kingdom Hearts between the Protectors of light and dark, just before he was killed by the organization. They refused to waste their time for the key blade wielder to destroy as many heartlesses for Kingdom Hearts like Organization XIII.

Excluded V watched Xicimh walk back in the shack and slump down on the couch. She folded her arms and legs and pretended to ignore then.

"If Xebys was still here, we could've found that missing heart by now," complained a young teenage boy.

"Kaix, Xebys died protecting us, Excluded V. Besides, I'm the leader now, and everything is going according to plan."

"Maxl, you suck as a leader, I'm not going to lie," replied Kaix and took off his hood which revealed his bored gray eyes and messy jet black hair.

Kaix is the newest member of Excluded V. He appeared out of no where. No one knows where he came from or whose Nobody he is. He was never a part of Organization XIII. He is simply Maxl's little side kick with no special gift. He was just a Nobody.

Maxl lit the broken candle on the cardboard box table, labeled on the side saying, "replace me with a real table!" The lit candle revealed a very irresponsible and lazy leader. Maxl has bright orange hair styled as a mohawk and dark crimson eyes. He examined the reports from their deceased leader and pretended to be their great leader. On his left side, stood a young woman with long curly bright red hair styled in a pony tail. Her calming sweet violet eyes payed more attention to her fiddling with her string making; Jacob's ladder, Tea cup, and other fun string tricks. She personally knew Xebys before he passed away so for her to pay attention was just an annoyance and completely pointless.

"Lyxnn, stop playing with your strings and pay attention," Maxl demanded.

" You told us Xeby's plan a jillion times already! The Protectors of the Realm of light and darkness wanted Kingdom Hearts to theirs, and they fought for it. Though, the Protector of the Darkness managed to knock the Protectress of the Light out of her realm, sending her out of her realm into our world. Blah, blah, blah, we know already!" Lyxnn said.

"Indeed, Lyxnn, but after all that, the Protector of Darkness sent his minions to find her and it has been told that he did find her." Kaix added.

"So?" Xicimh yawned.

"So? Is that all you can say! If he did find her then he would have complete control of Kingdom Hearts by now! What I have here now are the last few translated reports of Xebys." Maxl said and revealed the reports to his friends.

The War between Light and Darkness was thought to be over for the Protector of Darkness overthrew the Protectress of Light. Sending his minions to search and destroy her, he, too, entered the "human world." There he found a naive young man and gave him the gift of darkness. The Protector of Darkness deceived the man into destroying the Protectress of Light, saying she stole Kingdom Hearts. But-

"That's it. The rest of the report cannot be read," sighed Mal.

"So far all we know it could say, 'but the young man died and no one knew that except me. Or-'" Xicimh rambled.

"No, the man couldn't destroy her, because he cared for a girl that fell from the sky. He believed that was the girl a mysterious told him to destroy," a new voice said from the door.

The Excluded V turned toward the voice and saw a young man wearing the same exact black cloak. The man brushed himself off, took of his hood, He had dark maroon wavy hair away and dull olive green eyes.

"That man refused to kill the Protectress, but the Protector of Darkness found out and ripped his heart away."

"The man should not have accepted a gift as that. He made a promise and broke it," Kaix spat. "Who are you, anyway?"

"Naxolt. It does not matter whether the man should have accepted the great gift or not. He did and now it must be dealt with," he replied.

"He is a fool!" Kaix yelled.

"Ok! Let's settle down here! I am the leader, after all," Maxl said and stood between Kaix and Naxolt, "It seems here that Naxolt knows a lot about the tale. It's best that we stop jabbering and ask him about the missing-"

"She prayed to Kingdom Hearts to protect them from the Darkness's Protector attack. In return, Kingdom Hearts gave them a special heart," Naxolt interrupted Maxl in midsentence.

"Why did Kingdom Hearts give her a special heart?" asked Lyxnn and finished her Cat's Cradle with the Maxl's help.

Xicimh snatched the strings out of Lyxnn's hands and threw it across the room.

"Hello! The Protectress of Light prayed to Kingdom Hearts. Kinda automatically gives her special privileges," Xicimh said.

"In other words, Kingdom Hearts favored Light over Darkness? That's-" Maxl added.

" We are trying to figure that out," Naxolt said and headed towards the door, "Well, I did my part. Now, you guys to make sure the Organization XIII people don't get to her."

As Naxolt walked out the door, Kaix ran after him in front of a huge dark tower with dimly lit windows. Absolute silence filled the air as the two Nobodies intensely stood for what it seemed like forever. Finally, Naxolt turned around and faced Kaix.

"It's your fault that we are created," Naxolt said coldly, "and hers."

"What are you talking about?" Kaix yelled at him.

"Hopefully, she'll set things right," Naxolt said and ignored his comment.

A dark circle appeared below Naxolt's feet and gray thorns engulfed his body and disappeared along with Naxolt. Kaix clutched his fist and ran out the door. He has questions, and he believed that Naxolt had the answers.

"Where did Naxolt go?" asked Lyxnn.

"Blah, it doesn't matter. We got all the information crap we need from him," Xicimh said, "Hey Kaix, did Naxolt leave or what?"

"Er-Yeah,'" He replied, " We should listen to Naxolt's advise and start searching for the Protectress of Light."

"Great idea! Send the Shadows and Neo-Shadows out there to sniff that special heart out!" Maxl said, "We can all separate as well, that way we can cover more ground."

"Worlds," Lyxnn corrected.

"Hey, at least I tried. But don't I sound more like Xebys?" Maxl foolishly asked.

".....What worlds do you want us to investigate, Mr. Leader?" Xicimh asked sarcastically, "Actually, do you know any other worlds?"
" That doesn't matter! A leader would even investigate uncharted grounds!" Maxl said.

"Worlds," Lyxnn corrected again.

Kaix drifted away from them and thought deeply about Naxolt's cruel remarks. He could not understand why it would be his fault that they are created and who 'hers" was. He snuck out and decided to walk aimlessly so he could think. As he continued to walk away from his friends, he lifted his head up and realized that he stood before the Organization XIII's castle. Kaix wondered why he ended up with Excluded V and not in a grand white castle as theirs.

"I should hate you like Naxolt for this as well," said a female voice behind him, "then again, I know Naxolt blames me for our situations."

Kaix jumped and spun around. There stood a girl in a white cloak, leaning against the wall. This mysterious girl has short curly silver hair and depressing black eyes. Lifting her head, she spoke in a soft voice.

"Who knows if your friends' original selves are still alive. I don't even know if it's right for us to return to our original selves. I don't want to repeat the past,"

"Why won't anyone tell me what you guys are talking about?!" Kaix yelled.

"Because I know that I am supposed to fear you," She said bluntly and lifted her hood on, "If you found out the truth and return to him, the worlds may vanish forever; heart, body, and soul."

"I have no power to do something like that. I can't even control a single shadow or dusk," Kaix replied.

"You are not complete. Only the other you can do that," she replied, slowly backing away from him, "I don't understand why I should fear you. You're different than before."

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a beautiful orange-pink rose which shined like polished gem.

"This rose is a gateway to Chihuly City. They all live here, take it. I rather vanish than have the Organization XIII become complete," she replied, tossing the rose to the ground, "I'm sure by then, you'll understand our situation."

After she tossed the rose, white ribbons embraced her and disappeared from sight. Kaix slumped to the ground in confusion. She never gave him time to ask who she was and why she and Naxolt will not tell him straight out. He lazily crawled to the rose and picked it up.

"Damn it, Kaix, will ya stop running away from us?" Xicimh said.

Lyxnn appeared running from behind, but. Maxl was no where in sight.

"Huff, huff, Maxl...he...went...to....Maxl went to...Blargh, I don't know!" Lyxnn said, breathing deeply, " I was bombarded by Nobodies and Heartlesses!"

"Crap, it's the Organization! Kaix, why are you here in front of their Castle! That's probably why Ms. Strings nearly got killed," Xicimh complained.

" I have amazing string tricks, Xicimh! They can't kill me even if they tried," she pouted. "Anyway, we have to find that special heart pronto! Maxl already sent his minions out, as well as I and Xicimh."

"I'm going to Chihuly City," Kaix muttered. Both Xicimh and Lyxnn stared at him awkwardly.

"Chihuly City? That is one stupid world to go check out, moron. Well, I'm searching Hallow Bastion. Maxl mentioned something there so I guess I'll check it out," Xicimh said, "Later."

Xicimh disappeared out of thin air, and left Lyxnn and Kaix alone. Lyxnn smiled weakly to Kaix.

"Don't mind her. She doesn't like that world for some reason. Well, who ever finds that special heart win the highest Organization seat! Even though I don't like heights," Lyxnn laughed, "Bye bye! Off to Termina!"

Lyxnn twirled her strings around her and disappeared. Kaix took one more glance at the rose. He sighed deeply.

"I think I rather be Maxl's side-kick then becoming complete."