Usual disclaimer, I don't own any Kingdom hearts Characters or plot.

Chapter 2: Burned

The exit to the empty "teleportation method" opens and we step out, the man still gripping my arm like a vice.

Another Organization member stands in the decollated corridor of the strange 'castle'. They walk towards us and stops right in front of my 'personal bodyguard' and removes their hood. The person has spiked red hair, the bright green eyes and I stand waiting for some indication of action.

Finally, a voice.

"So, this is the supposed girl, what took you so long, she doesn't look like much of a fighter" He says, to my capturer. Judgement by appearance is usually wrong and his remark makes me a bit mad, but I keep silent for now.

"No, no struggle, just twenty questions" the hooded fellow replies.

"Aww did the mean, mean man scare you out of talking?" The red-head says to me, waving his finger n my face.

"Watch it, she bites" I say rather agitated, attempting to snap at his finger. I don't take being spoken to like a two year old very well.

"Oh-ho she bites Luxord what are we gonna do?"

"Did you have to say my name, imbecile" Luxord says removing his hood.

"What are you?" I blurt, I'm trying to stay quiet.

"Hmm, we are Nobodies, beings with no hearts, we don't feel emotions, because we can't" Luxord says.

"Yeah right…" I say in disbelief.

"Well you'll become one of us soon, so you'll have to believe me then wont you?"he replies.

"Don't listen to him, the name's Axel, got it memorized?" He says seeing my stunned face.

"What the hell's going on around here? Is this some practical joke? Because it's not that funny" I yell utterly confused.

"Whoa, is she still in denial or what" Axel says.

"Of course I'm still in fricken denial; I'm damn near freaking out here! Can someone please tell me what's going on?" I yell waving my arms around like I'm psycho.

"Okay, okay, come with me, I'll take you to see Xemnas" Axel says.

"Hey, hang on. You're not taking credit for my hard work, I'll take her" Luxord replies.

"Who the hell's Xemnas?" I yell.

"Shh!"

"Fine but, I wasn't going to take credit, for all of it" Axel replies a tad sarcastically and ignoring me. They drag me to a door and we enter. It's a white room with other cloaked people sitting around up higher than what I thought was normal.

They drop me and disappear into thin air and appear in their seats. A loud voice sounds, filling the chamber with his authority and I stand in the middle like a stunned mullet.

"Well done Luxord. Now tell me miss what is your name?" Xemnas asks.

"Laceix" I blurt out. Not my name that I say, so I try again but end up with the same result.

"Hmm and what is your weapon and element?" He asks me using the same authority that he used before.

"Dunno" I answer, slightly confused. Who do they think I am; some kind of fighting prodigy or something.

"Okay, Axel, Roxas, you are assigned to help Laceix unleash her element and weapon. Larxene, take her to her room and show her the correct attire. Training starts now." Xemnas orders. They bow in respect and everyone disappears except three who stand next to me, revealing their faces.

"Okay Laceix, you're not officially number XIV until you earn your place." Axel says.

"Wah…"

"Oh Axel, cut the kid some slack, she's obviously still confused. Listen if you want to survive around here, you should listen to me. Come on, I'll show you where your room is" The one that I presume is Larxene says.

"Talk about scaring her, look you'll probably be hanging with us more, so just stick with us, I'll keep you safe" Axel half whispers the last part.

I follow them out of fear and confusion, to a hallway with numerous doors painted on both sides. We arrive at the end and to a door that has X-I-V carved into it.

"And when you're part of the team, your name becomes engraved underneath, see" Roxas says pointing to his door which says X-I-I-I and ROXAS below.

"Okay the rooms are generally nice apart from…" Larxene says as she opens the door.

"…the lack of colour?" I guess at the sight of the bland white room.

"Yeah but you get to characterize it later, you should see Axels' room" Roxas says sniggering slightly at the last part. I don't get it. Shrugging it off I take the black cloak Larxene holds out for me.

"Bathroom's through there" She says pointing to another door in my room. I enter and look myself in the mirror. Taking a handful of water I splash my face still not believing this is real. I hear a small sound and look up into the mirror. I gasp and grab the nearest thing to my hand and I hurl it to Axel who had just snuck into the bathroom.

"What the hell do you think you're doing in here?!" I yell slightly embarrassed.

"Xemnas said 'training starts now'. I thought I could scare your element out of you" He replies catching the soap I threw. "Nice throw, by the way."

"Thanks but did scaring me work?" I ask showing my impatience.

"Err, no" he says, scratching his head. I glare at him until he exits and I change quickly. Stepping out the bathroom the boys sigh loudly with relief.

"You took your time" Roxas says melodramatically.

"I didn't take that long. And if AXEL had waited 'till I was changed-"

"Okay, okay can we go now?" Axel cuts me off. I take a deep breath and nod concealing the small amount of excitement that's rattling around my body. I just notice Larxene had gone and Axel must've somehow read my mind and said:

"Larxene had to see Marluxia, another member." I nod and follow the two into a vortex Axel had summoned.

We arrive at a clearing in the middle of a forest. The scene was beautiful. The sun is setting and it's creating a luminous, deep orange light.

"Okay snap out of it Laceix, Roxas is going to fight you first-"

"FIGHT!! Is this another one of your assumptions, can't we do it some other way?" I say overlapping Axel. He shakes his head smiling, as Roxas comes hurling at me, weapon in hand. I stumble backwards and hold out my hands to block the attack. It works, sort of, my hands absorbing most of the damage, but I fall and I hit the ground hard.

I didn't get a good look at his weapon but it was long, and made of strong material.

We fight for a bit, well, Roxas attacks while I defend myself until he strikes me and I fall to my knees, gasping for breath.

"Axel, I don't think its working" Roxas states after I had fallen.

"Fine, my turn" he replies with a cute but sadistically evil smirk, stretched across his face.

"WHY" I moan exhausted and without any powers.

"Orders" Axel replies, summoning his disk-shaped weapons.

I sigh and stand, awaiting the defeat I am about to receive. Hopefully it doesn't hurt too much. Ha, waste of time being hopeful.

"These are charkrams" Axel states throwing one at me but I dodge it.

He attacks again and I stand and take it. His sharp weapon rips my cloak and penetrates my skin, his fiery right 'charkram' knocks me sideways and I roll along the forest floor. I get up quickly and duck behind a tree, and I notice small drops of crimson blood drip from my arm and staining my customary black cloak.

"You can't hide forever. Did you know one of The Organizations' most important rules is; eliminate the traitors? Just thought you should know" Axel says. Very considerate of him. I hear his feet rustle and he jumps around to the side of the trunk I'm on.

Well he would have found me if I hadn't have climbed, unnoticed up the tree. I can vaguely see the confusion on his face. He creeps back towards the clearing and I pounce on him from the branches above. He looses his balance and as he falls and drops his chakrams. I see an opportunity and I take it, I pick up his weapon, with a bit of pride inside.

It must be showing because Axel shakes his head.

"What're you going to do with those huh? You may think you have the upper hand but do you really know how to use them? Besides I don't think you can do this" He says punching a fireball at me. My pride turns to fear as he raises his arms and large orange flames engulf around my feet and creeps up my body.

I scream in pain, unable to move my legs to run. I throw his weapons to the ground but he doesn't stop. The flames amble upward and the pain intensifies.

"Axel Please!! Stop!" I cry. I feel my knees beginning to buckle and I stagger unintentionally. The flames disappear and everything turns black.

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I wake up in my room, in my bed and I look to my left, flinching slightly.

"H-how are you feeling?" Axel asks. Something in his eyes makes me think he feels… sympathy? Ha, Nobodies, they can't feel... apparently.

"Ah, yeah, I'm fine" I lie hiding the ever so little amount of rage and physical pain I feel. That's another thing; I feel pain and everything else. This obviously isn't a dream which means I'm on my own, my small amount of friends aren't here to reassure me that I'll be fine. I have to watch my back.

"I'm sorry, I don't know, what came over me I-" He pauses and exhales, "I'm sorry" He says again.

I hear running water and singing and I look towards the bathroom. The door opens and a cloaked body appears, smiling.

"Good timing, she's awake and the water's ready, Axel, I prepared it myself." He says.

"Err thanks, Demyx" Axel says going into the bathroom to check something.

"You know, you've only been here for a really small amount of time but, I don't know how to explain this but, Axel has changed, you've some influence on him. He says 'thanks' and he worried a lot when you were unconscious. It's not like him to care-." Demyx says to me quickly finishing when Axel appears in the doorway.

I try sitting up by myself but recline back down after feeling the amount of pain. Demyx grabs my good arm and helps me up. I notice I'm in my underclothes and my right arm is heavily bandaged and throbbing. I stagger to the bathroom with the support of Demyx and the first thing I see is the full, bubbly bathtub.

"Whoa, that's a lot of bubbles" I say wide-eyed.

"Yeah, it's Demyx' healing formula. It works really well" Axel says guiding me to the tub.

"Well, I'm going to just, err, go-"

"No, don't, just stay and tell me; stuff, like the rules" I interrupt Axel, blushing slightly. What am I saying? He smiles slightly, maybe a little relieved that he doesn't have to sit alone and think about how guilty he is. Maybe not.

He looks away as I get undressed and submerge myself in the water and bubbles, covering the transparent surface with the suds, I feel Demyx' weird elixir work in an instant.

"It may hurt" Demyx says. As soon as he spoke my legs begins searing with a sharp pain I'd never felt before, ever. I restrain my screams long enough for me to get used to it. He mumbles something to Axel, the words spoken in a volume too quiet for me to decipher. Axel nods and Demyx exits in a portal.

"So, err what do you wanna know?" Axel asks. I think and the only thing that lingers in my mind is the one question anybody in my position would probably want to know or understand.

"Why me?"

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know for a fact that it probably was better than the first one. Please review, I need an idea of how the stories actually are.

Next chapter will hopefully be out next week.