Disclaimer: Neither of us owns Kingdom Hearts or anything remotely recognizable. Valin belongs to Tiger.
And in this chapter, bold is Tiger and un-bold is me, Russa. Oh, and Tiger says "Yay for chain reactions!"
Hi people, I'm Tiger and I'm helping to make another story again! Yayness! For those who have read the last story I helped with, you probly know I can be random. I'm going to use Valin again, because Valin is Valin.
Yeah… I'm Russa, and I'm gonna use Shade. Or not. She has another name, but you have to read DotK if you wanna see what it is.
DotK?
It stands for Dragon of the Kagonesti. It's a Dragonlance story I wrote that NO ONE HAS REVIEWED… grr.
No one has reviewed our last story either, then again it's kinda long… and hasn't been up for that long… I LIKE CHEESE!!!
I think I'm going to move it to a different category so more people will see it… Maybe. I dunno.
Maybe we should start actually telling the story, before we get a full page of meaningless ranting. I mean, people didn't click the link for meaningless babbling… or did they? Hmmm…
Nah. Well, got any ideas for the setting?
I prefer the forest place, but nah… I think we should start with Organization XIII with the others appearing later… or something. I DON'T KNOW!!! X3
I don't have any ideas either… um…
Well, we can have the setting in the World That Never Was. That is Organization XIII's home, sort of. IT TOOK ME SEVERAL MINUTES TO TYPE THAT LAST LINE! SPLEEE!
Is it in the Castle That Never Was? Or the City that Never Was?
Umm…. the castle. The areas that the org. members stay in when they aren't fooling around in the other worlds. I CAN'T SPELL WORDS CORRECTLY TO SAVE MY LIFE! ARG! STUPID DYSFUNCTIONAL BRAIN!
Sounds good.
Part of my brain is dysfunctional, and yet I'm still the smartest person in my math class. To many people take fully functional brains for granted, and that's why we have to have toothpaste. Story start now!
Valin walked down the hallway, stopping every now and again to push his headband up so that he could actually see. Valin (for those who have no clue who Valin is, I'm going to say what he looks like. He's in human form for those who do know who he is.) had on a plain white shirt that was to big for him, and short pants. He had pink hair; that is his hair's natural color. His eyes were blue in color, as was a y shaped marking on the left side of his face. Valin apeard to be about ten or so years old.
Zexion walked emoish-ly down the hall, face set in his dead, hopeless stare. He ignored the fact that his hair, as usual, was hanging in his face and obscuring one eye. He figured it added to his emoness.
(Oh, Valin walks around barefooted all the time. Mainly because he normally doesn't have toes.) Valin, who couldn't see where he was going again because of his headband, collided with the sad-looking Zexion. The crash could be heard all the way down the hallway, it was loud.
Zexion glared daggers at the little boy, then regained his emo demeanor. "Who are you? What are you doing in our stronghold?" he asked blandly.
Valin ignored Zexion, for his headband had gone flying upon collision. He was searching around for it frantically, with very little luck.
Zexion glanced down to find a headband lying in his lap. He picked it up between two fingers and held it out. "Yours?"
Valin looked over and snatched the headband back. When he put it back on it fell over his eyes.
Zexion stood up and folded his arms grumpily. "Now, who are you and why are you here?"
Valin looked up at Zexion as he pushed the headband up again. "My name's Valin, I'm just looking for someone." With that said, Valin started down the hall again.
Quick people, guess who he's looking for! To late, mwa ha ha, now all the cookies are mine… miiiiine I say!
Zexion grabbed the boy's shoulder. "I think you should come with me. The Superior would love to have a little talk with you."
Valin easily jerked out of Zexion's grip, "No, I told you I'm looking for someone. I'd like to find them." Valin started down the hall again, at a slightly faster pace than before. What appeared to be a small bead of some sort fell out of his pocket. The bead was pink in color, a small flame had apparently been drawn on it with a colored pencil.
Zexion picked up the little stone and stared at it for a moment. He tossed it at Valin, shrugged, and continued his emo stroll in the other direction.
The sound of a firecracker going off filled the hallway, and Valin could be heard yelling out. He hadn't expected his own trick to backfire on him, then again he had never done that inside either. Now the hallway smelled of smoke, and it was smoky in the hallway to.
Zexion continued on his way. He didn't really care.
However, Axel, who had been lazing around in his room bored out of his mind (as usual), heard the explosion. Explosions excited the pyromaniac Nobody. Mix an explosion with a bored pyromaniac with control over fire and nothing good can come out of it.
Axel dashed out of his room, wanting very much to find the source of the explosion and, if possible, make it explode again…
Valin began to cough as he searched for an exit from the hallway, his hair was slightly burned on top now. He managed to find a door, which he used immediately. Now he was in some room, he couldn't really tell what kind or if anyone was in it because his eyes where still blurred from the smoke.
Axel came to a skidding stop, trying to avoid running into Valin, who had just come through the door in front of him.
He failed.
Well, let's just say that the door wasn't very sturdy, and that who ever else had come to investigate to explosion was unfortunate enough to be in front of that door. Loud sounds from down the hall, hoorah.
In other words, Axel and Valin wound up knocking the door down, right on top of Roxas, who had been running to catch Axel before he could blow up the entire castle. Roxas groaned from under the door, the breath squished out of him.
Axel was also winded, but heard the groan and managed to get off the door and pull Valin off as well. This freed Roxas to throw off the door.
Demyx also came running around the corner and tripped over the pile of wheezing bodies. So now there were three Nobodies and a pink-haired boy sprawled all over the floor. This was simply asking for trouble. And they got it.
Larxene came running around as well. She shared Axel's love for explosions, but for a different reason; they were very destructive. However, the Savage Nymph managed to avoid tripping over any of the bodies, only to impale her foot on one of Axel's chakram. She began madly hopping around on her uninjured foot, clutching her injured one and screaming bloody murder.
In turn, the other Organization members came running. All of them either tripped over the steadily growing pile of wheezing Nobodies or fell over laughing until they gasped for breath.
However, Saïx came running from the other direction. He avoided the pile, but instead collided at high speeds with Zexion. His emo walk was too slow. He hadn't gotten out of the hall yet. The Luna Diviner was considerably bigger then the Cloaked Schemer, and so both crashed to the ground and slid until they, too, joined the body pile.
Xaldin was one of the two Nobodies who didn't make complete fools of themselves. He had the sense to use his wind to blow the smoke away. Once the complete scene was revealed, however, he couldn't help himself and also fell to the ground laughing hysterically.
After fifteen minutes of this chaos, Xemnas finally made his appearance. He appeared in the air above the pile. The Superior took one look around, shook his head exasperatedly, and vanished in a strange egg-shaped black… thing.
"Oops…" Valin said as he tried to get free from the pile, with very little success. At this point he did not notice that his headband was gone once again.
Axel was now at, or very near, the bottom of the pile. Considering Xaldin, Lexaeus, and Saïx were among the Nobodies on top of him, and they were considerably more bulky than any of the others, none of the bottom Nobodies could breathe… at all.
Axel finally got fed up with trying to wriggle out and yelled. "Anyone who's still on top of me in after five seconds is gonna have their cloak set on fire!"
Despite their uncontrollable wheezing, the Nobodies managed to get off within the set time. However, Luxord rolled right under Larxene's feet. The Savage Nymph, who had still been hopping and screaming, tripped over the Gambler of Fate and fell… on top of Axel.
The pyromaniac Nobody shoved the still-screaming Nobody off. He touched a finger to her cloak, which promptly caught fire.
Valin stood up on his feet, he was a little wobbly but otherwise fine. Valin rubbed his head, which, at this point, was starting to hurt. Valin then became frantic as he discovered that his headband was gone, again. He began to look for it, ignoring the chaos that was going on around him, until he tripped over Larxene.
Wow, this is a right mess, isn't it?
Yes it is, mwa ha ha ha h-cough hack cough… bleh… hair down windpipe… cough
Can you guess who has Valin's headband? I'll give you a hint; they won't give it back easily… Yup! It's:
Is it the Muffin Man?
Uh… no… coughcrazycoughrandomcough cough
Xigbar, who had just managed to get his wind back, noticed that there was something shiny draped across one of his guns. He picked it up and examined it; it was a headband set with a shiny stone.
The stone has the colors of fire and ice swirling around inside it, just so you people know.
"Where is it? Where?" Valin mumbled to himself as he stood back up and began searching once more. He fell down almost instantly, slipping on the floor this time. He sat up against the wall and began to cry into his hands.
Valin may appear jolly all the time, but it is a façade. He's actually very sad all the time deep down, the reason for which was given in the last story Valin was in.
Yeah, so GO READ IT! AND REVIEW!... pwetty pwease?
Xigbar stared at the pink-haired boy he had just noticed. Since he had never seen the boy before, the Freeshooter figured the headband probably belonged to him. He held it up to the light, watching it sparkle and wondering whether the boy would notice.
Valin didn't take notice, actually he didn't even stay in his human form. He changed into his true from as he sobbed, the hair on top of his head went over his eyes now that his headband wasn't there to hold it up anymore.
If you want to know what Valin looks like in his true form READ THE FIRST STORY because I am to lazy to say what he looks like a second time. eye twitch
Xigbar stared in disbelief at the boy who was not a boy anymore… now he was… something else. The Freeshooter sent a single shot at him to get his attention.
Valin, startled, jumped up only to slip on the floor and fall over backwards, scratching the floor and getting the back of his head stuck in the wall at the same time. Now that his head was stuck in the wall, Valin wouldn't be able to change back to his human form until he got, well, unstuck.
Axel, who had finally gotten his own breath back, noticed Valin had gotten stuck in the wall. He walked over to the elemental. "Hmm… major déjà vu."
Valin looked over at Axel, he couldn't really turn his head at the moment for reasons you should be able to guess. "Hi Axel! Yeah, um… you'd be surprised how often this happens to me." Valin looked over at Xigbar, and saw that he had his headband. "Hey, give that back!" Valin yelled, apparently very angry, as he tried to get up. He was about to reach into hi pocket to pull out his slingshot and a few more of those exploding beads.
Axel caught the elemental's wrist. "Hang on, I'll get it." Without waiting for Valin to respond, he reached down and hauled Roxas, who had just rolled into his legs, to his feet.
The pyromaniac Nobody instructed his friend to keep Valin from setting off any more explosions (this done with a sad look; remember, he loves explosions) This done, Axel headed over to where Xigbar was fiddling roughly with the headband, picking his way around the still-wheezing and/or screaming bodies on the floor.
Axel held out his hand for the headband. "Unless you want the entire castle blown to smithereens, I suggest you give me that." he informed Xigbar. The Freeshooter ignored him, trying instead to pry the stone loose from the headband. Hearing a renewed shout of anger from Valin, Axel decided he would have to use force. He kicked the Freeshooter's guns away and pinned the Freeshooter to the wall by the neck with one of his chakram.
For those who are having trouble picturing this, there is a point of the chakram to either side of Xigbar's neck. The round edge is pressed up against his throat.
Axel lazily spun the other chakram in his free hand. "Now, Xigbar." When the Freeshooter hesitated, Axel kicked him in the stomach. Hard. As Xigbar doubled over, wheezing anew, Axel grabbed the headband from the Freeshooter's now-limp hand. He picked his way back over to Valin and handed the elemental his headband.
"Thanks, Axel. Um… can I have some help? I'm a little stuck." Valin said as he took his headband back and set it on the ground next to him. It wouldn't fit in his pocket.
Axel turned around and surveyed the mess. Most of the Nobodies had stopped wheezing (and screaming, in Larxene's case) by now, barring Xigbar. Axel knew he would need some help for this, so he called in his best Xemnas voice, "Get your lazy butts over here and help me pull him out from the wall!" The Superior's voice was like magic; all of the Nobodies, including Xigbar (still wheezing slightly), got up instantly and came over.
For people who are wondering why Axel can imitate Xemnas, here's why: as you probably know, Axel, in all his awesomeness, does not get along well with Xemnas. Many a time has Axel done insulting imitations of the Superior to Roxas and sometimes Demyx. So there you go.
Despite the efforts of twelve fairly strong Nobodies, Valin's horn wouldn't budge.
"Owowowowowowowow, I think that at this point we are more likely to pull off my arms than anything!" Valin had a good point there. They needed a new plan or something, but then again maybe they wouldn't need one.
Xemnas suddenly appeared again, off to one side. He glared at the line of Nobodies trying to pull Valin from the wall. They all stared back. Just then, Valin's horn came loose. He fell over into Axel, who fell over into Roxas… etc. You know, the domino effect.
Valin changed back into his human form before he got back up, to avoid repeating the whole mess. He got back up and put on his headband, which immediately fell over his eyes.
Xemnas transferred his glare to Valin. "You, newcomer! Leave, now!" Axel sidled in and whispered in Valin's ear, "You really should. Come to the Alley to Between tomorrow; I'll meet you there. That's the Alley to Between. Got it memorized?" He gave Valin a little nudge forwards.
Valin, who to tell the truth could hardly stay in his human form at the moment, was very tired. He actually didn't know how to even get out of the castle, he had teleported in, technically. Valin didn't have the energy to leave, in short. Valin was dazed at this point, he felt like he would fall over at any given moment.
Axel, noticing Valin's shoulders drooping a little. He stepped in quickly. "I'll escort him out, Superior." Xemnas nodded, "Do so, Number VIII. As for the rest of you…" Axel didn't hear the rest, as he was already steering Valin through a nearby door.
"I… don't… feel so good…" Valin started to fall over forward, but he didn't remember ever hitting the ground. And just so you people know, at this point Valin is once again in his true form.
Axel groaned. "Why me?" He carefully lifted Valin up under the elemental's arms and dragged him in the direction of his room. He just wasn't comfortable with leaving the elemental collapsed outside in the World That Never Was… not with all the Heartless and rogue Nobodies running about.
He dragged Valin in through the door to his room. The pyromaniac Nobody set Valin down, careful to turn his head sideways so the horn wouldn't get stuck in the floor. Axel ran over to his gigantic walk-in closet (yeah, he has a walk-in closet… deal with it!) and yanked the door open. He dragged Valin inside to the backmost corner. Axel laid the elemental's head on a balled up cloak, once again careful to keep the horn pointed sideways. He pulled out a spare blanket from one of the shelves and threw it over Valin, covering him up. The blanket was thin enough, he reasoned, that the elemental would be able to breathe.
Axel quickly left his closet, closing the door carefully behind him. He headed off to see what Roxas and Demyx were up to.
Most likely a few hours later, maybe more than a few, Valin had woken up. He had fallen asleep when he came to. He had enough energy now to retain a human form now, but right now he was just thinking that he's hungry. He changed to human form, and pulled the blanket off of him. He didn't have the slightest clue as to where he was, but it smelled funny.
Axel had just returned from talking with Roxas. He decided to check on Valin. The sooner the elemental left the castle, the safer for both of their skins.
Valin had his back turned to the door, he was rubbing the back of his head. He was trying to remember what had happened exactly. He remembered not feeling well, then falling, but nothing after that.
Axel tapped the elemental on the shoulder. "Come on. We need to get you out of the castle."
Valin turned around and face Axel. "Right, good point." Valin's stomach grumbled, kinda loudly to. "Hey… is somebody at the door?" Valin was pretty sure that he heard someone knock on the door.
Axel nodded. "That's Demyx. I stole his sitar… again. Just stay in here for a sec." Axel turned and walked out, shutting the door behind him. He headed over to the entrance to his room and opened the door. Sure enough, there was Demyx, preparing to break down the door. Axel grabbed the stolen sitar from next to the door, tossed it into the Melodious Nocturne's hands, and slammed the door in his face. He headed back in to get Valin.
Valin's stomach growled again, louder this time. Valin was fairly certain he heard someone ask if there was someone else in there. Valin backed up to the back of the closet, where he knocked over a few cloaks and got tangled up in them.
Axel opened the door and shoved Demyx away. "No. There's no one else here. Go away!" He slammed the door as Demyx tried to get in. The Melodious Nocturne stumbled back, clutching his bleeding nose. "Fine, fine… whatever." he muttered as he ran off down the hall.
Valin continued to struggle with the cloth, and he ended up bumping into the wall. This bump was kinda loud, loud enough to wake up anyone who may still be sleeping in the next room over.
Axel started in surprise when someone pounded on the wall. He heard Saïx's voice. "Whatever you're banging around in there, stop it! I have a horrid headache!" Axel sighed and called, "Sorry! Won't happen again!" He hurried into the closet and yanked Valin free of the cloaks. "Keep quiet!" he hissed.
"Sorry, I started to panic and…" Valin shook his head. Then his stomach growled again, still loud.
Axel groaned. "I'll go get some food from the kitchen. Go hide under the bed. I'll be back before too long. Then, I'm getting you out." He turned and left, locking the door behind him.
Valin ducked under the bed, as he had been told. He did wonder why the doors had locks, I mean really they can just teleport in or something. His stomach growled again, why must it always be so loud. Why? There was more knocking one the door, now what? Axel just left after all. Valin wasn't going to move from under the bed though.
Axel came back to find Roxas knocking on his door. He quickly stuffed the food into an inner pocket and asked, "What?" Roxas spun around. "Oh, hi Axel. I just wanted to congratulate you on torturing Demyx today. His nose is still bleeding…" Axel grinned, "Yeah…" He watched as Roxas left, then unlocked his door and headed inside.
The doors have locks for courtesy and kind of as a warning. If someone's door is locked, you probably don't want to know what's going on inside… read the first chapter of Organization Fun and you'll see what I mean.
Axel closed the door behind him, locked it, and poked his head underneath the bed. "Come on out." He handed the elemental the food.
"Thanks," Valin crawled out from under the bed and began munching on a waffle. Why a waffle? Because everyone likes waffles, you are not allowed to not like the waffle.
Axel watched in amazement as the food disappeared at an amazing speed down Valin's throat. He chuckled and held out a spare cloak to the boy. "Here, put this on. It'll help keep attention from you."
Valin, now finished eating, nodded as he took the cloak. It was a little too big for him, and he ended up putting his headband in a pocket he found on the inside of the cloak. He couldn't see anything with the hood up. "It's a little… big… isn't it? Say, um, why do I have to keep such a low profile, anyway?"
Sighing, Axel reminded him, "You're supposed to be gone already. And don't worry if you can't see. I'll guide you."
"Oh, alright then. Here, you can have this back then." Valin had changed to his true form now, he was handing Axel the cloak. "Now that I have my energy back, I can just leave the way I came."
Valin waved goodbye as he just kind of vanished in a swirl of blue magic. The blue magic was ultima magic, and allowed Valin to go to different worlds and stuff. He would be back some day though, just not anytime soon.
Axel ran the cloak through his fingers. He found something hard in one of the pockets and took it out. "Oh, no…" he sighed.
…to be continued!
We're evil! Evil cliffy! Muhahahahahahaha! Ha! Now you must read the next one! Review! If you know what it is, have a cookie!
Is it a pickle:3
Uh… no… coughduhcough. Anyways, the next one will come… whenever… so keep checking back! See ya!