Edited: I've added a couple things, nothing major that will affect my other chapters, but I also wanted to correct some icky spelling and grammar mistakes that I've noticed.
Eryn: After finally getting the inspiration to write, and the time with all the projects and essays piling higher and higher, I finally got to working on my new fanfic, originating from my one-shot The Spark That Started the Fire. You do not have to read the one-shot to understand what is happening here, but it'd be nice if you did. You yourselves will get a little sneak peek into what will come. Some things may be change, but that usually happens. So, I hope you enjoy what I've cooked up for you and I hope you haven't been too impatient for it. Enjoy, my wonderful readers.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. Wish I did, but I don't. If I did, Axel would belong to Rilo and Riku would be miiiine. –Ish a Riku fangirl and proud of it.- Teehee.
I took a long swig of my Pepsi as I looked through the archives for Kingdom Hearts fanfiction, occasionally scrolling down when I found nothing interesting and saved the ones that did in my favorites. It was yet another boring Saturday, and, with nothing to do, I settled on a healthy dose of fanfiction since I haven't read any for a while because of homework and other school stuff that I'd had to do.
What I failed to notice, however, was a portal that appeared out of nowhere, black swirls of darkness flitting about inside of it. Out of the portal came a tall figure, cloaked in black, hood up with their face in shadow, completely masking their identity. Like I'd know who it was anyway.
While I concentrated on my laptop screen, the hooded figure emerged out of the portal and tried to get their bearings in my immensely messy room. The figure nearly tripped over a blue shirt, a large dark blue butterfly covering one side of it, carelessly tossed to the side. He cursed under his breath and shook the shirt off of his leg.
What the person failed to notice, backing away, was that I had other clothes tossed aimlessly around the room, and ended up tripping and falling to the floor, yelping in pain, causing such a loud noise that I turned around in meek surprise, Pepsi at my lips. My eyes widened when I recognized the cloak. I promptly sputtered out the pop that was in my mouth and muttered in surprise. "Organization…XIII?" That's impossible! They don't exist! That actually goes both ways, since Nobodies aren't supposed to exist anyway, but enough with the specifics.
When the figure stood up, I took notice that it was male, as most of the Organization was anyway, with the exception of Larxene and the newly found XIV. The hood fell away, revealing the figure to be none other than number VIII. Axel, Flurry of the Dancing Flames. The one and only Nobody who I crushed on so badly that I knew his lines by heart after playing the games so many times. I knew everything backward and forward, every scene, every line, and every enemy he faced. But, I've only played second game about 100 times so it's a no wonder that I know everything about it.
I always took pity on the Nobodies. They had no hearts, thus, they couldn't feel human emotions. Except anger. That seemed to be the only emotion a Nobody could feel. Otherwise, they were empty shells. I've always told myself that they don't deserve the fate they've been given, and yet there was nothing I could ever do for them. They weren't real in my world, until now.
Apparently I had spaced out in the real world because Axel was snapping his fingers in front of my nose. I crossed my eyes to stare at his fingers then looked up at him from the tops of my eyes. "Yes?"
He sighed in exasperation. "I said, you're coming with me. The Superior has use of you. Therefore, he wants you."
Unfortunately for me, I had a very dirty mind, courtesy of many of my friends who would constantly be making dirty jokes, especially at Axel, much to my dismay. I'll give you an example, "Axel says Rilo's name a lot." What brought on that conversation was the fact that my friend was creating for me a one-shot with Axel and somehow, that phrase was mentioned. So, with that said, my mind went immediately in the wrong direction.
"Ew." I said. His eye twitched.
"I didn't mean it like that, you dirty minded freak," he responded indignantly.
"Suuure. That's what they all say," I grinned. "Anywho, why does your Superior need me?" I have a right to know! If some hearts obsessed freak needs me, then I need to have some questions answered before I decide to join up with this band of loonies before my sanity becomes lost for all eternity. I still haven't quite bought the whole Axel showing up in my room bit yet. Then again…the floating portal doesn't help matters much. Hey I'm still in denial! Give me a break! It's hard to believe a game character comes into your room and says that they need you, don't ya think? Yeah. That's what I thought.
"Unfortunately for you, that information is classified. Now, come with me," he said and grabbed my hand then began pulling me towards the swirling portal of darkness.
"Wait a minute!" I shouted. He stared at me, expecting an answer to my outburst, wanting to know what to wait for.
"I need my Pepsi," I said innocently.
He stared at me as if I grew horns then rolled his eyes and dragged me away. I shouted in despair. "Noooo! I need my caffeine! I need it or I'll explode. That happens to me sometimes…" I said, stealing a line from Invader Zim. Hehe, I love that cartoon. Especially Gir. I love Gir. Axel merely rolled his eyes again and pushed me into the swirling mass of darkness.
A bright swirl of colors blinded me as I was pushed into the portal. Axel had grabbed my hand as soon as I entered it so I wouldn't be tossed away into the dark abyss that was the portal. It had a strong pulling sensation on my body and I would've been whisked away and separated from Axel in an instant if it were not for his strong grip on my hand.
Then when I thought I couldn't get any dizzier, a bright light appeared and the portal opened up to reveal the interior of the white castle of Castle Oblivion. Axel half dragged me out of the dark, swirling mass and I keeled over beside him, about ready to puke my lungs out. I murmured angrily next to Axel. "You could've warned me." My face felt pale and my vision swam before my eyes making me even dizzier. I felt light headed and extremely sick and all I wanted at that moment was some Ginger Ale. That usually helped with queasiness for me.
His only response was to smirk and he let go of my hand. When I felt well enough to stand without falling back on my ass in dizziness, I got up slowly and carefully placed a hand on my pale face. "Feeling better?" he mocked.
I glared. "Oh shut up you stupid pyro. Why don't you go play with Demyx's water clones?"
He winced visibly at that remark when the Superior strolled into the main room with his lackey, Saix, following behind him. "Welcome to the Organization," Xemnas said with an air of authority. "Do you know why you are here?" he asked in a commanding like tone.
I gave him a blank stare. "Because I'm just awesome like that?" I said a teeny bit hopefully.
"No. You are here, because you have a certain power that we need," he explained with a smirk. I don't know what you're smirking about, old man, but it can't be anything good.
"Power? Like what? Can I shoot lightning from my finger tips? Or see into people's minds? That kind of power?" I asked excitedly, stars shining in my eyes. I thought in my mind the different scenarios of using those types of powers. Shooting lightning wasn't exactly original, especially since Larxene sorta had that power already, but hey! I can dream right?
"No. The power you possess is beyond those petty little parlor tricks. What you can do…is not to be revealed to you until I see fit. You will commence your training in one week, after you've gotten comfortable. Again, I welcome you to the Organization. You are now, shall I put it, one of us," he said with open arms, an evil smirk playing on his lips. Sometimes I wonder if he likes to hear himself talk.
"Cool, do I get paid?"
"No…"
"Then screw you. I'm not joining unless I get paid. So nyah!" I stuck out my tongue childishly.
"I believe that you don't have a choice, missy," chided Axel. Wow he hadn't spoken in a while. I stared at him with a look that clearly stated "You have got to be kidding."
"I am afraid that he's right, Rilo. You have no choice in this matter," said Mansex. I gaped at him in shock.
"But, wait a minute! What about my parents? My friends? They'll notice I'm gone, ya know. They're not stupid," I pointed out.
Xemnas waved his hand. "Taken care of. Every human in contact with you has had their minds erased of their memories of you. So, technically, you no longer exist, nor do any of your possessions which have been moved to your new room."
"B-but but but! Wait…new room? You mean I don't have to share one with someone?" I asked in awe. For as long as I could remember, I've had to share my room with my older sister who kept my room as dirty as possible, one reason I had so many clothes on the floor.
"Of course. Why would you think we'd allow our guest to share a room?" Saix spoke quietly. I'm a guest, huh? Then why am I being held against my will?
"Gasp! The moon man speaks! Saix, is it true you dance in the moonlight?" I asked him with a wide grin on my face and vaguely hoped in the back of my mind that he wouldn't go berserk. Though, with all the trouble Xemnas went through to get me, I doubt he'd allow Saix to harm me in any way so I was safe. For the time being..
"…..Maybe." Axel gaped at Saix then snickered behind his hand. Xemnas coughed and I returned my attention to him, though I had a broad smile on my face.
"Axel, it will be your job to take Rilo to her new room. Some clothes will be provided for her, as well as the ones she originally had. After that, she will be in your charge from now on. Which means waking her, showing her around Castle Oblivion, guiding her to the kitchen, making sure she doesn't get killed, introducing her to the other Organization members…" he counted on his fingers.
Axel stared then immediately began to protest. "Why do I have to watch over the brat? She'll be nothing but a pest!"
"Gasp! How dare you, you evil fiend! Calling me a pest, shame shame Axel," I mocked, pretending to be hurt by his words. I was having too much fun with them all to really take this seriously. Who would?
He rolled his eyes. "See? I can barely stand her and her constant sarcasm," he grumbled. Sarcasm was practically my second language. I just hoped being here wouldn't deplete me of even more of my sanity. I had little enough as it is and this entire thing still felt like a dream to me. Well, if it was a dream, I planned to have as much fun as possible before waking up. I wasn't about to let this all go to waste. There was so much I wanted to do and say to the Organization members. I figured it'd be fun.
"You'll have to deal with it Number VIII," snapped Saix. "Now take her to her room."
Axel sighed loudly and grabbed my hand again. "C'mon, princess. I have to show you to your room," he said unhappily and began dragging me up the stairs.
"I can walk ya know. You don't have to pull me," I responded irritatedly.
"If I do that, you'll be left behind."
We walked up several staircases and by the 5th one, I was dead on my feet to the point of collapsing and began to pant. "Axel," I moaned. "How many more staircases do we have to go up?"
"Let's see…" He counted on his fingers absentmindedly and held up 6 fingers. I collapsed beside him and allowed my face to cool on the tiled, white floor.
"Oh come on, they're not that bad," he said.
I glared from my spot on the ground and sat up slowly. "Yeah for you. I wasn't exactly on track or anything because I have practically no muscles in my legs. You think I'm going to go up 6 more stair cases when I can barely handle the 5 we just did? I don't think so. Isn't there a faster way?"
He sighed. "You'll just get sick again," he warned.
"I can handle being sick. That," I pointed to the next set of stairs, grimacing, "I can not handle."
He mumbled, "Your funeral." He waved his hand in a circular motion and the dark portal appeared. We both stepped into it and Axel, like last time, immediately took hold of my hand. This time, the journey was much shorter so it didn't take too long to get to my room. Neither did I get really dizzy which was a major plus for me.
When we arrived in my room, I gasped, yet again, at the sheer size of it. Picture the size of a standard living room in a normal house. That was how big it was. Well, it was a castle so I shouldn't expect anything less, but it still amazed me. The bonus was that all my stuff was in the exact order I left it in my room, minus the clothing on the floor.
"Wow…" I whispered in awe.
"Big, huh?" Axel smirked. All I could do was nod, I was so in shock. I looked at my bed and nearly squealed when I found it was a California King. A gigantic bed, all for me. And even my laptop sat in the corner of the room, sitting on top of a small, wooden desk with a pretty black lamp with purple swirls on it next to my silver colored computer. The walls were a light blue, painted with intricate designs and swirls in various dark shades of silver, green, and purple. Even the ceiling was painted, but it was all a solid purple with dark swirls. The carpet was a pale brown and felt soft under my feet compared to the rough carpet I had back home.
I turned to look at Axel and pure happiness shown brightly on my face. I'd never had anything so big, so beautiful and expensive before. With a smile, Axel leaned against the colorful wall, which I absolutely loved. Those were all my favorite colors. I was never much for the bright, showy colors, but the soft, soothing ones that didn't hurt your eyes to look at.
All in all, I loved my room. It was much better than the one I'd had on Earth. Maybe this really isn't a dream. If it is, I hope I never wake up. I think I could possibly live here after all.
Or so I thought. Boy, did I not know what I was getting myself into, but even if I did, would I do this over again? Looking around me, I nodded as confirmation to my own question. There was no doubt in my mind that I'd do this over again. No matter what sort of trouble I got myself into, I would never regret my decision.
Eryn: Well, for my first Kingdom Hearts fanfic, I'd say that wasn't too bad. I've definitely improved description. XD Heh. Well hope you enjoyed it as much I did writing it up for you guys. Until the next time! D Oh. And don't forget to review please. Reviews are greatly appreciated.