Kingdom Hearts – 358/2 Days: Xyxia

By Axel Ingleson

-Chapter 01-

Demyx was in China battling a Heartless when it suddenly pounced upon him, driving it's stinger into his abdomen.

Wounded, he opened a portal back home and staggered through.

Over the next week, he grew weak and ill. He lay on his bed, his abdomen swollen. Finally, after the tenth day, he felt something vanish from his abdomen. A moment later, it appeared on the bed beside him.

It was humanoid in shape, pale as a ghost. Its fingernails were long pearly claws and its hair, shaped like a mulhawk similar to Demyx's, was a mass of silver spikes. It had Demyx's eyes.

Demyx watched, awestruck, as it grew overnight from a tiny baby to an apparent adolescent. As its body grew, so did its strength and intelligence. Demyx decided that his son needed a name.

"Xyxia," he said, quietly.

The next morning, before Demyx woke, Xyxia slipped quietly out of the room, first putting on one of Demyx's outfits. He was exploring the Castle That Never Was when he entered the Grey Area.

Axel, Roxas, and Xion were in the room talking when he walked in.

"Good morning," Axel yawned. Then he saw that it wasn't Demyx he was speaking to. "Who… I mean what are you?"

"My mother named me Xyxia," the half-Nobody/half-Heartless replied, his voice almost musical. Almost.

"Your mother?" Roxas inquired.

"The one with the mulhawk," Xyxia explained.

"Demyx had a baby?" Xion blinked. "No wonder he wasn't feeling well last week."

Demyx walked into the room a moment later. "Xyxia, you must be more careful. If Saïx catches you, he might decide you're a danger to this castle and hire someone to destroy you."

"Relax," Axel shrugged, "he'd probably ask me, and I won't do it."

"Thanks, Axel," Demyx sighed in relief.

"Yes," Xyxia agreed, "thank you."

Saïx walked into the room a moment later.

"What is that thing?" he demanded.

Xyxia glared at him. "I'm not a thing, thank you."

"Don't talk back to your superiors," Saïx warned. "You're lucky I don't order your destruction right now. You have a week to prove yourself to this Organization. First tell me where you come from."

"I come from Demyx," Xyxia replied.

Saïx glared at Demyx. "I assume this is why you've been so ill lately."

Demyx nodded.

"Next time, be more careful on your missions. This is not a nursery."