A portal of darkness opened on the outskirts of the town. Two figures stepped out dressed in black cloaks. "Axis, I don't like this world." Complained one. Axis turned to her partner. "Number two, you hate everywhere we go. And besides, we're not here for your enjoyment. We have someone to find." Axis replied. The new Xigbar was almost as annoying as the old one… at least he wasn't as much as a pervert. But she had to agree with him. She didn't like this world much either. But she was determined to get the rest of her organization together. And if that meant going to weird worlds with Xigbar, so be it. Axis was a nobody. She had no heart and lacked the ability to feel. But she was powerful. Powerful enough to kill the entire Organization XIII. Now she was the superior. Now all she needed to do was to find followers of her own. She had numbers two through six…Almost there.
Skyfa was having just another day… long, irritating, and now, hungry. She decided to take her lunch brake after she finished cleaning up the spilt ale from the drunken nimrods that come in here everyday. She put her rag down behind the bar, went around and sat down. "Hey! What do you think you're doin'?" Garm stupidly questioned. "I'm hungry. So I'm ordering lunch." She casually stated. "So Skyfa, what'll you have?" a voice from behind the counter asked. A Light named Max. Lights were always good friends of the Astrix. They aged very slowly, like reverse dog years. They were also skilled wizards. "Same as always Max, Soba."
Axis walked into the pub that she hoped to find her nobody. Sure enough, sitting cross-legged on a low table was a strange girl in black with cat ears and a tail, eating a plate of noodles with bits of steak on top. She causally walked up to her, smiled and said, "Hello, Gashmix." Her eyes grew wide at the sound of her name. She looked up to see axis standing over her. Quick as a flash Skyfa stood up, grabbed axis' arm, and dragged her out through the back door. Skyfa gave her a look that could kill a rough bull elephant. "O.K. you know my name. What are you?" there was a pause before Xigbar spoke up. "Um, don't you mean, 'who are you'?" Skyfa answered quickly. "No. I couldn't care less about your names. But I do know this: you're not an Astrix. You have neither the sent nor a tail. You're not a Crow. You don't smell of rotten leaves and rain. You're not a Light. You dress in black and only Lights 56 years or older can be in this town. And you're DEFINETLY not royals… so; I ask again, WHAT are you?" "Well, it seems that I can't hide our origin from you." Axis began, "so I might as well tell you were" but she was cut off by Xigbar. "What makes you think you know everything? You can't just order us around, acting like you're stronger than us! I mean, you're not even that tall!" Big mistake. Like all of axis' organization, most were her age and size. Xigbar was only about five or six inches above her and Skyfa, but he acted bigger. And he just made the most dangerous mistake one could ever make in front of an Astrix, or Skyfa. He questioned her power, and mocked her size. Skyfa pulled out something thin and long from out of thin air. Tall a she was, her black bo-staff was impressive, but not to threatening. "You think you scare me?! With that twig, I bet you couldn't eve make a baby cry!" Skyfa held her staff next to xigbar's throat. With a twitch of her index finger, the razor sharp metal shot from the ends, making it not just longer, but deadlier.
Axis just sighed. Xigbar was always underestimating people. One day, he was gonna pay for it. "Gashmix put that down. I apologize for my friend's stupidity. Now, to answer your question, we are no different form you." Skyfa just stood there. She withdrew from the stranger's neck. "And exactly HOW, may I ask, are we alike?" "simple." Axis answered. "You, me, and Xigbar here, have no heart." "…really? Now, can you answer my other question? How the hell do you
know my name?" she asked, getting annoyed. She disliked this 'Xigbar', and this girl, so strange. "Well, technically, it isn't your real name." "But how do you know?! I haven't told a single goddamn soul my name! How the hell do YOU know it?!" Skyfa was getting impatient. "I've told you before, we're the same. You have no heart. You don't really exist. Just like me, you're a nobody." What was this person saying? 'Nobody'? No heart? What did this mean? "Wait, exactly what did you mean by, 'it isn't your real name'?" "Well, I'll explain. How far back can you remember? Can you remember anything about your past? I bet you can't. You can't because, you never had a past. You were created by darkness swallowing up your heart."
Skyfa just stood there trying to take it all in. was she really empty like Axis said she was? Did she really exist? And if so, then, who was she? "Axis, if I don't really exist, then, who was I? And, why can't I remember anything?" there was a pause before she answered. "Well, you probably can't remember anything, because you wanted to forget about it. I mean, it was the only real fight you ever lost. And as for your somebody, I bet you know her." "But who?" "Here's a hint: you dream about her almost every night." Sudden realization struck Skyfa with a force so strong it almost knocked her over. "you mean; Gishma?" "That's right. Your hero. The one you look up to is you. Funny how things turn out, huh?"
"So, you're the superior of the new organization XIII. What do you want with me?"
To be continued…