The Story That Never Was
Zexion's Side
Intro
Zexion walked down the vast, white hallways of Castle Oblivion. He was supposed to be in the main chamber for some, unimportant meeting that Xemnas had called for. 'His meetings are so pointless, but he makes a big deal about them,' Zexion thought to himself. This little get-together was probably about how the plumbing would need taken care of by poor, caffeinated Demyx; and the trash would have to burned daily to keep away pests. Zexion decided to avoid Xemnas as much as possible for the rest of the day.
"Zexion! I've been looking for you!" It was Demyx, who obviously had sugar cookies.
"What do you want, Demyx?" Zexion asked impatiently. Demyx grinned mischievously.
"Xemnas said he has a special mission for you." He bounced off singing happily to himself.
"He's… kind of scary," Zexion said as he opened a black portal. When Zexion walked through the other side of the portal, he was greeted the face of Xemnas (which is something you don't want to see right after you eat lunch).
"Welcome, Zexion. There is something very important I need to tell you about," Xemnas explained, a stern look on his face, "There is a new Nobody, one like us, and I need you to fetch her."
Chapter One: WTF! A Freakin' Monkey Suit!!!
The portal closed as Zexion walked down the alley and into the streets. 'Why did I have to come? I bet the others conned him into sending me, just because I'm smarter and younger than them, besides Roxas.' Zexion was frustrated. He had been told to return to Deep Dive City to look for a Nobody that looked like a girl. This Nobody has long, green hair and green eyes. She is usually seen wearing a black dress. She also has a symbol on both shoulders. 'There must be hundreds of girls wearing an outfit like that!' Zexion's frustration increased. He took the picture that Xemnas gave him and went to the nearest store.
"Hello, sir," Zexion politely greeted.
"Well, hello there! How can I help you?" the shopkeeper replied to him. Zexion smiled (or, at least, tried to) and showed the picture to the man.
"Have you seen this…er, girl?" The shopkeeper looked at Zexion, as if he was taking in his appearance.
"Maybe… Is she in trouble or somethin'?" Zexion thought up a quick lie.
"Um, no. Actually, she's… my cousin, and I came to remind her that the family reunion is coming up soon." The man suddenly smiled.
"So, you're her family?" Zexion nodded. The man ran outside, dragging Zexion along with him.
"Everybody in the city thought she had no family, but now you're here." Zexion's eyes were blank, 'WTF!!!! I don't even know her name yet!' The two of them stopped in front of an abandoned looking building.
"Come with me and I will take you to her." Zexion nodded at him and followed into the building.
"Hey, there's someone here to see you! Says he's your cousin!" the shopkeeper yelled loudly.
"Wait here, she'll be down soon." Zexion nodded, half-dazed at how easy this was going. After the man left, footsteps could be heard running down the stairs. A girl appeared, looking exactly like the one in the picture.
"Um, hello?" she questioned quietly. Zexion stepped into the light.
"Hello, my name is Zexion. Er, may I ask what your name is?" The girl put her hands on her hips.
"If you're my cousin, then you should know." Zexion remained calm.
"My… dad only gave me a picture of you. He never told me your name." The girl thought a bit.
"Okay… Well, since your 'dad' forgot to mention my name, I'm Rae." She remained by the stairs. Zexion sighed.
"You… don't believe I'm your cousin, do you?" Rae smiled.
"Not the slightest bit. So what do you want?" Zexion fidgeted.
"Have you felt anything, you know, like emotions recently?" Rae stopped smiling.
"Now that I think about it, I haven't. Why? Is there something wrong with me?" She began to panic. Zexion walked over to her and explained quietly to her.
"You're a Nobody now. You have no heart, no feelings, only memories of them. In others words, you're exactly like me." Rae looked at him.
"Like…you?" He nodded.
"Yes, and I can take you someplace better. If you're willing to go, that is." Rae was about to respond when someone began pounding on the door. The two Nobodies went to the door, and Rae opened it. Outside, almost the entire southern region of the city was assembled there; with knives, guns, and various other objects that could be used as a weapon.
"I knew you couldn't be her cousin. Her entire family was murdered by a criminal syndicate. Now step away from her immediately." the shopkeeper seemed mad. Zexion shook his head and walked in front of Rae.
"In case you couldn't tell, I'm unarmed." He raised his arms as if to show them he wasn't lying. A man in a monkey suit suddenly yelled and a gun shot was heard. Zexion stared at the people, who, in turn, were staring at him. Then he looked down and saw a hole in his chest.
"Oh, crap." A woman pointed at him and screamed.
"OMG!!! He isn't human!" Zexion opened a portal, grabbed Rae's arm, and ran through it.
Chapter Two: Settling In
He and Rae arrived in the courtyard of Castle Oblivion, only to be greeted by Xemnas.
"Hello, my dear Zexion. I see you have brought the girl." Rae looked at Zexion.
"Let me guess, this is my nefarious uncle that forgot to tell you my name." Zexion laughed.
"Um, yeah. Rae this is my 'dad', Xemnas, but he mostly goes by 'The Superior'." Xemnas stroked his chin, as if he was actually thinking.
"Well, Rae, if you are to join the Organization, then your named will have to be altered… Hm, how about your new name is Raex." Zexion did a whole anime style drop.
"Took you a while to think of that one, Xemnas." Xemnas started to laugh and continued to explain.
"Anyways, Raex, you will be staying with Zexion until you're settled in and you get to know everybody." With that said, Xemnas walked into a portal that most likely led to his office. Zexion opened another portal and led Raex through it.
"This is my room." Zexion's room is kind of what you would call dark and semi depressing. His walls were a deep midnight blue, the bed was queen- sized with a black comforter and black sheets, and the dresser was also black with dark metallic blue handles. His carpet was, you guessed it, black; curtains: black; pictures: dark and very depressing. Raex looked around the ginormus room.
"It seems a bit…depressing." Zexion grinned.
"Well, my friends were the ones who decorated it. They said an Emo room is for an Emo-looking Nobody." A portal suddenly appeared by his bed and it soon revealed three, obnoxious boys.
"Yo, Zexion. Who's the chick and where is she stayin'?" a tall, fiery-haired boy asked. Zexion turned towards Raex.
"These are my friends. The one who just spoke is Axel, he has a mastery of fire; the short one in the middle is Roxas, he… I don't know what, but he can use keyblades; and the other one with the mullet, his name is Demyx, he controls water using a sitar. Guys, this Raex. She's a new member and she'll be staying with me until she gets used to this place and everyone." Raex waved at everyone as Axel came up to Zexion and punched on the arm.
"You lucky little dog, you!" Zexion pushed him away and kicked him in the shin.
"Ignore him at all times and you'll do fine in this castle. Okay, now it's time for the grand tour of Castle Oblivion." Zexion and Raex left the room, leaving Axel on the floor and Roxas and Demyx trying to help him up. As they continued down the pearly white hallways as a shadow appeared over Zexion. Before he could react, he was swept into a crushing hold.
"Xaldin! You freaky, deranged, monkey faced cretin! Let me go!!" Xaldin only held on tighter.
"We've missed our widdle emo Zexi!...Hey! Who's the girl?" Xaldin dropped Zexion to the ground (he was lifted two feet off the ground) and walked over to Raex.
"Does Xemnas know you brought her here?" Zexion pushed him and kicked where it hurts a guy most.
"That is Xaldin. He controls wind. He, Saix, and Xigbar love to tease me because I'm small. They're just jealous cause I'm smarter than them. They also pick on me because they know I have no way to fight back." Raex looked at Zexion as he started to walk down the hallway.
"So who drew those pictures on your walls?" Raex asked politely. Zexion continued walking, but answered.
"I did."
They turned down another hallway and saw another male Nobody that had mahogany colored hair.
"This is Marluxia. He has a giant pink scythe and is nuts over flowers and other plants." Raex nods at Marluxia, who nods back. Zexion leads them into a large room with a long table in it.
"This would be the Dining Hall." They met up with three men, who were squabbling.
"The one with blue hair is Saix. He'll go berserk, so be careful. The guy with the eye patch is Xigbar. He's a sniper. The last guy is Luxord. Always decline his offer to play a game of cards; he always wins." As they headed down the hallway, they passed by a large, metal door. There was shouting coming from behind it, so Zexion opened it. Inside a woman, and old looking guy, and a large, muscle head were throwing things back and forth. Zexion slapped his forehead as he told Raex who they were.
"The woman is Larxene, who has power over lightening. The old guy is Vexen; he's a scientist and controls ice. The muscle head is Lexaeus, who wields a giant tomahawk; he's all muscle and no brain." Zexion looked at a big silver clock on the wall,
"Wow. It's 11:00 already. Time for bed as soon as we get another bed from Xemnas." After they got the said bed, they headed back Zexion's room. Raex had to borrow some of Zexion's "PJs" and they went to bed.
"Goodnight, Zexion."
Chapter Three: Fitting In
Zexion woke up the next morning to loud laughter; really, really loud laughter. He sat up and looked at his clock; it was 4:00 am.
"WTF!!! IT'S FREAKIN' 4 'O CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND YOU IDIOTS WAKE ME UP!?!? I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!" Zexion was pretty mad. Axel, Demyx, and Roxas had snuck into his room and saw Raex wearing Zexion's clothes. Demyx was, unfortunately for him, the closest to Zexion. When Zexion had lunged for an attack, he attacked Demyx, jumping onto his back.
"OMFG!!! I'VE GOT A DERANGED EMO KID ON MY BACK AND HE'S TRYIN' TO KILL ME!!!" Raex and Roxas pulled Zexion off of Demyx and managed to calm him down.
"Oh! Hey, Raex, we have to go and get your Organization attire." Zexion said, calmer than before. He got dressed and took Raex to Xemnas's office. Xemnas was waiting for them with the clothes all ready.
"Here you go, Raex. Cloak, boots, gloves, everything's here, all you have to do is put them on." Raex put them on and Zexion opened a portal to the Dining Hall. When they got there, half of the Organization members were there.
"Hey, Zexi! Have you drawn any new Emo pictures?" Xigbar asked, obviously wanting to see Zexion's reaction. And it came to him in the face. Zexion threw Marluxia's plate, food and all, at Xigbar and it hit Xigbar in the side of his head. Zexion turned to Raex.
"Perhaps we should eat later. I've got to show you some worlds we frequently visit." He took her hand and led her through another portal.
Raex looked around the fascinating world they had just entered. There was an immense amount of water, coconut trees, a beautiful crystal, clear waterfall, and it seemed that someone had built tree houses and other things.
"This world is called the Destiny Islands. This island and all of the other islands surrounding it are part of this world. There are some people here you must meet." He opened a portal to the main island and went through it, Raex following him.
"Hey, Zexion. When will I learn how to do that?" Raex had asked him.
"When we get back to the castle, we can practice it," he replied. They walked up a slope, where they ran into two girls about Raex's age. One of them had shoulder-length red hair and the other one had brown hair that stuck at three places.
"Oh no! It's the Organization! Selphie, go get Sora and Riku!" The girl with brown hair, presumably Selphie, ran further up the hill. Zexion put his hands up as a sign of peace.
"Relax, Kairi, I'm only here to show our new member around. Oh, and this is Raex." Kairi looked as if she still didn't believe him. Selphie came back, followed by two boys. Zexion knew these two very well. There was one with light brown that was spiky, and the other had shoulder-length silver hair that had a lavender cast-off.
"Hello, you two. Again, I am not here to cause any trouble. Heck, I'm the only one in the Organization that can't fight. I'm only here to show her around. Now, Sora, please put your Keyblade away." The boy with the light brown hair, whom Zexion called Sora, put his Keyblade thing away. Sora turned to the other boy and whispered to him.
"Do you think we can trust him, Riku?" Riku nodded, but still looked slightly suspicious. Zexion sighed and grabbed Raex's hand, leading her down a pathway. After Raex saw everything on Destiny Islands, it was time to go to the next world.
"We will go to Radiant Garden. Watch out for the Defense Squad thingy. They are skilled fighters."
Radiant Garden was exactly as it sounded. They were at the Marketplace when they were confronted by two people. It just so happened to be Yuffie and Squall.
"What does the Organization want here?" Squall asked. Zexion turned to Raex,
"As you can see, the worlds aren't very friendly with us. Maybe it's because Xemnas wanted to be all powerful." Zexion ignored Squall, looking around.
"Well, Raex, there isn't much else here. Why don't we go back to the castle?" Raex nodded and they left through a portal.
"What was that about, Squall?" Yuffie asked him.
"I have no idea, Yuffie," he replied.
They went back to the castle. In the courtyard, Zexion began teaching Raex how to open portals.
"Okay, let's try opening a portal to my room. When you do open a portal, I'll go through to see if you got the right place. First, think of the place you want to go to. Then, in your mind, think of a door that will lead you to it. Finally, focus your energy on creating that door." Raex nodded and did what he told her. A portal appeared Raex was jumping for joy.
"Okay, now let me see if it goes to my room." With that said, Zexion walked through it. A minute later, he came running back, soaking wet.
"Um, that was the wrong room. Let's try again. Only this time, keep thinking of my room." Raex nodded and tried again. Another portal appeared. Zexion took a deep breath and walked through it. He came back almost immediately.
"That… was… Axel's room." Raex huffed and tried again. Zexion went through it and came back smiling.
"You did it!" Raex squealed with joy and hugged Zexion. Axel, Demyx, and Roxas walked up to Zexion while Raex was still hugging him.
"Aw, look at the widdle Zexi blushing," Axel teased. That little remark made Zexion turn even redder.
"I was only teaching her how to open portals. I'm supposed to teach her some important things about being in the Organization." Axel and Roxas started laughing. Raex let go of him, sensing his discomfort. Zexion looked at her, ignoring Axel and Roxas.
"Now I must show you some rooms that are best avoided." Zexion led her down the hallways. They appeared by the first room to avoid.
"This is the Hall of Empty Melodies. This is where Xigbar practices his shooting. Watch out when you walk on the floor, it'll change frequently." Raex looked at the floor before they continued.
"The second place to avoid is Marluxia's secret garden. If you touch anything in it, he will know almost instantly." Zexion continued walking until he got to the big metal door from the day before.
"This is Vexen's lab. Unless you're me, Lexaeus, or you want to be experimented on, I suggest you don't go in there." Raex cocked her head at Zexion.
"And why can you go in there?" Zexion laughed a little.
"One, because I'm the only one smarter than him. And two, the books in there are more interesting than the ones in the library. The last place to avoid is Xemnas's office." The two of them went to the Dining Hall. Raex looked like she was thinking a bit.
"Hey, Zexion?" she said. "Hm?" Zexion replied.
"Is it alright if I call you 'Zexi'?" Zexion was taken aback. Usually, people don't ask him if they could call him something.
"Uh, yeah. Sure. Go ahead." Raex smiled. They got some food to eat and sat down at the table. As they ate, the other twelve members of the Organization slowly converged into the room. Raex looked over at Zexion, wanting to ask him something.
"So, Zexi, what're we going to do after we eat?" Zexion looked up from his ramen.
"Um, we could…actually do something with my 'friends' for once," he thought to himself. Xigbar, Xaldin, Saix, and everyone else who calls him 'Zexi' looked at him as if he was crazy. Axel piped up.
"How come you don't get mad at her when she calls you 'Zexi'?" Zexion looked at him.
"Because she asked me if she could, and I said yes." He scooted back from the table and stood up.
"It's getting late already. Raex, I'll be right back," Zexion went through a portal.
"Well, he wasn't very nice leaving you here all alone with no way of finding his room," Luxord said. Raex stood, opened a portal to Zexion's room, and left the Dining Hall. The other twelve members (excluding Axel, Demyx, Roxas, and Xemnas) just stared at the spot where she was, gawking.
"Dude! When did she learn to do that?" Xigbar exclaimed. Demyx finished his ramen.
"This afternoon. Zexion taught her. When she succeeded, she hugged him and he turned red." Right after he finished, Zexion walked in through a portal holding a very thick book. Everyone stared at him, silently laughing.
"What? Where did Raex go?" Demyx was the only one not laughing, so he answered.
"She went to your room." Zexion looked at them suspiciously before leaving. When he got to his room, he was to exhausted to do anything, so he just fell asleep in the clothes he was wearing.
Chapter Four: No, Demyx! You Cannot Have a Dog!
"But I want a doggie!"
"No! Xaldin is allergic to dogs!"
"How about a cat?"
"That's why Xigbar needs an eye patch!"
"A rabbit?"
"It'll eat Marluxia's plants."
"A hamster?"
"The last one bit Larxene and she fried it."
"Oh! I know! A chinchilla?"
"Saix would probably steal it from you."
"How about… a turtle?"
"…Fine. But you have to take care of it yourself."
"YAY! I'm gonna take him with me everywhere I go! He can sit on my shoulder." Zexion walked into the courtyard, seeing Demyx bounce triumphantly away from Xemnas. Xemnas disappeared into a portal. He shrugged and continued walking, looking for Raex. Suddenly, Xemnas's voice sounded throughout the castle.
"Organization XIII, assemble for a meeting now." Zexion sighed and went to Xemnas's office.
"I have decided to employ some 'fun' into our schedule. We are going on a vacation. You will go in groups of three or four. Group One: myself, Luxord, and Xaldin. Group Two: Saix, Xigbar, and Lexaeus. Group Three: Zexion, Axel, Demyx, Roxas, and Raex. And finally, Group Four will consist of Marluxia, Larxene, and Vexen. You will be given your destinations after you pack." Xemnas finished with a satisfied look upon his face. Zexion raised his hand,
"Shouldn't we know where we're going so we can pack the appropriate attire?" Everyone stared at him until Xemnas spoke.
"Then wait until further notice to pack. Besides, you only wear black clothes, right?" Axel started laughing at Xemnas.
"Uh, don't we all? I mean come on. Black cloaks, black boots, black everything. So what exactly are we supposed to pack, extra cloaks?" Demyx looked at him as if he was stupid (yes, this is Demyx). He stood up and went to Axel.
"We're probably going to have to blend in, genius. We don't want to fight on our vacation, do we?" He sat back down and began playing with his turtle. Xemnas, recovering from his shock, dismissed everyone to their quarters.