Ok, so after a series of reviews and a touch of meanness on my part, I think I WILL continue this story. So to start, I'm giving 7 shout outs. That's right, 7. To XxFuryanFighterxX :You are my twin that shares an account…stop reviewing lmao just tell me if you like something dork. To Cryofblood : Thank you kindly, I hope you continue to read my story as I continue to write it, warning I am a slow writer but I do like this story. To SydInTheAsylum :That really made me smile, I do so hope it remains in that place ^^. To RainbowFlurries : Thank you you've helped me decide NOT to block anonymous reviewers. I do love my story so much. And I am trying to grow my skills because I have a book I hope to one day publish which is why I like sites like this. Thank you very much for your helpful review .To Riku Souleater: Thank you I will. And thanks for the review as well. To Anon, Wow, and Lol: Please stop reviewing I know you're the same person and I know that if you have an account you aren't using it so I can't report you. I'm done messing with this, just leave me alone. My story is perfectly fine. I'm a learning author and I don't need anyone telling me stupid shit like that. I'll learn on my own. I post for reader's enjoyment not to learn from people like you. That is what college classes are for. :/ So! I'm dedicating this chapter to the 4 reviews that made me smile (that still count) lol Also, I am fully aware if the actual Org. XIII naming system but how do you put Natsumi with an X scrambled up lol. And if anyone has a better name for her I'd love to hear it, I had originally been thinking Aviax (ah- v- ex) but I chose Onyx instead.
Chapter 4
The first thing she notices as she begins to wake up was that she was lying comfortably in Axel's bed. She smiles inwardly. She opens her eyes slowly. She sees Axel standing there, waiting for her to get up. She sits up then stops. She felt hollow, empty. And her chest…for having no heart, it felt heavy. Then she looks, and begins to notice the changes. The main change was her chest. She sighed, cursing the changes. She stands, wobbling a little. Her chest had extra weight she wasn't used to. She'd have to learn how to walk without falling all over again it seemed. Axel grabbed her arm to steady her. She blushes remembering the kiss.
"Your name is Onyx now," he says, glancing to the side. There was a crawling Shadow Heartless. Axel pointed at it. "That's your heart. I'm going to release it. One day it may come back to you through Kingdom Hearts," having said that, he snaps his fingers and the Heartless bursts into flame. When the fire goes out, a pink heart hovers in the air for a moment before disappearing. Axel opens the curtains covering his window and points to the giant heart like shape in the sky. It flashes almost unnoticeably. Onyx nods, and looks at the pile of clothes on Axel's bed. He'd have to leave so she could change. She picks them up and Axel goes to the door.
"I'll be right back," he says, leaving. Curiously she holds each item up wondering what Marly had been thinking when he made her it. She strips down and changes into the outfit. (Will be putting up a pic if I can figure out how -.-') She realizes the zipper wasn't going to go all the way up and blushes, embarrassed. But she did like the zippers a lot. She sat on the bed and glances at the door, before crawling to the end of the bed. She reaches over and grabs one of Axel's chakrams, looking it over. They were actually kind of cool looking. She hoped she'd 'materialize' something that cool. The door knob turns and she quickly puts the chakram back before the door opened. Axel walks in followed by…a girl? She had long blond hair with what looked like hair antennas that resembled a shadow's vaguely. She looked at Onyx then at Axel.
"Where at?" she asks him. Axel debates a moment. He looks Onyx in her eyes, then back at the blonde.
"I want you to take her to Twilight Town. Do it in the woods. Oh, and Larxene…when you're done, take her to see her father. She can do whatever the hell she wants, but I want her to go," Axel says. The blond, Larxene, grabs Onyx's arm before opening a dark portal and yanking her through. Onyx looks back through as it closes. She focuses on the almost suffocating feeling the portal provided and Larxene looks at her giving her an almost sympathetic look before the portal opens up in the woods. Onyx shivers remembering this place as a hub for Heartless activity. There was one approaching even now. A Soldier one at that. Larxene looked almost bored and materializes a series of kunai like knives. Then she leans against a tree and looks at Onyx.
"The fastest way to get your weapon is to think of your most powerful memory. The most powerful one you can remember. Think about it now, but also don't forget the Heartless in front of you. Because I WILL let it kill you, I don't care what anyone says, I don't think we need you. But Marluxia says we do so here I am," she says. Deciding she didn't like the woman, Onyx closes her eyes, thinking…of the day her mother left. She was angry at her father. She threw things at the two of them screaming about how she wasn't happy anymore and that the love was gone. Her father had been devastated, going slightly insane. He'd loved her very deeply. But mom still left that day after telling dad she'd rather die than stay with him any longer. Her father had hovered over that moment for years slowly twisting into something worse than any Heartless. Onyx clenches her fists as she remembers the glare her mother had sent her way when she'd started begging her to stay. And her fists close over something. She opens her eyes to see two swords. One was short and sort of like a sais in that it had a part that would catch another sword, before the guard was a small circular hole. The other was longer and had a strange arch like thing. But it was square sort of. Hard to describe for sure. She leans forward toward the Heartless, standing in a battle stance. The Heartless jumps at her, and she cuts forward with the longer one, the Heartless puffs away in darkness, its heart released. But Onyx's arm felt numb. She'd have to practice swordsmanship because she sure as hell didn't know how to use one. And until she did, she would have to use only one of her swords. She tosses the short one at Larxene, who rolls her eyes and catches it, holding it for her. Onyx puts her free hand on the red and black grip with the other hand. Stepping forward, her foot, still bare, lands on a stick. She winces a little cursing Marluxia for not giving her shoes. Then another Heartless appears. A Shadow. Onyx cuts that one too, her arm protesting less with the added strength to help. For something made of shadows and darkness, the Heartless were actually solid unfortunately.
Finally, when Onyx could barely move her arms, Larxene stopped the heartless that was attacking her. She walked to the hole in the wall that led into Twilight Town. They were on Market Street in the Tram Commons. Larxene looked at Onyx expectantly. Leading her through the winding streets of the bustling town, they soon reach her house. Walking inside that house felt like the hardest thing she'd done in years. That included her recent battle.
"He won't recognize you. He'll only know he used to have a daughter that looked like you. You're a Nobody now, a being that wasn't supposed to exist. You have no heart, you don't feel emotions. All you can do is remember them, and hope to find them again," Larxene tells her. At that moment, her dad walks in, hearing the door shut. Staring at her father, she couldn't think of what to do, what to say. Her father seemed to ignore their presence completely, walking to the sink, putting the dishes in it and walking away. He seemed empty in a way. Onyx began to feel sorry for him, like she had when her mother left. But she knew better than to comfort him. It'd brought the worst part of him to light. Because only when she'd began comforting and taking care of her father, did he begin to vent. And he held a lot of pent up anger. At what had happened, at her mother, Onyx had no idea. She just knew he was angry. And that when he got that way, he lost control. It wasn't always violent. At first, he cried a lot. Then he began to blame himself, and get angry. It moved to him screaming at her for no reason. Finally it became violent. Onyx knew she hadn't been doing anything wrong, her father just needed some help. But he didn't see it that way. His mind twisted into darkness as he began to embrace it. He was no longer the father she'd grown up loving. He was her captor, and he'd never let her go. Not when her mother had. And she'd never know why her mother had left either. Wordlessly, Onyx turned and left the house. They walk into a dark alley and Larxene tells her the basics on how to do the portal. Onyx tries once but Larxene got frustrated, shoving Onyx out of the way and forming it herself. They walk through, coming out in Axel's room. He was there, asleep on the bed. Natsumi smiled, and sat on the floor beside his bed. Larxene left the room quickly, locking the door behind her.
It was maybe an hour or so before Axel woke up. He sat up, yawning. He stretched a little before noticing her. He gave an Axel grin. "So you're back already? I take it you did well then?" he questions. Onyx shrugs nonchalantly. She had no clue how she'd done. Thinking quickly, she materializes her swords again, showing them off to the chakram wielder. He looks them over. He thought over things for a moment before asking, "So do you know if you wield an element yet?"
"What do you mean by wield an element?" She asks. Axel just shakes his head. Obviously it was a question for another time. A sudden pounding on the door had Onyx jumping into the closet and shutting the door softly. Axel opens the door. From a small crack in the door way, Natsumi sees a guy with a blond mullet hawk bounce into the room saying Axel this and that. Onyx wanted to giggle. Onyx almost let out a gasp as the blond kissed Axel on the mouth. After a short conversation, the blond, whose name was Demyx, kissed Axel again before bouncing out of the room. Axel slams the door shut and locks it. Onyx walks out of the room, looking anywhere but at Axel. She sits down on the floor and fiddles with her jacket sleeves. Axel seemed not to mind for a bit before giving a frustrated sound and crouching in front of her.
"And what the hell would be your problem now?" he asks. Sighing Onyx looks up at him. She smiles a little.
"Well I didn't want to bring it up, but I don't have any shoes…" she lies quickly. Axel rolls his eyes. Flipping out his hand he opens a dark corridor to…some world. The two walk along it silently, Onyx still reeling from what she saw, Axel wondering why she'd lied. And it was easy to tell she lied, no shoes or not. They pop out in a small town with a beautiful view of the ocean. There was a large island a small boat ride away.
"This is Destiny Islands. I figured you'd had enough of Twilight Town for now," Axel said. He personally didn't care; he just didn't feel like dealing with a mopey Nobody. She smiled at him a little. They walk towards the nearest shoe store. Axel was relieved when she pulled out a small pouch. So she did have some munny on her. Good, he didn't really want to pay for everything for the girl anyways. Let the somehow rich Marluxia do it for him. Axel shooed her inside and sat down on a bench across from the small store. He watched incredulously as a girl walked straight to the clearance section, grabbed a pair of plain black flats and walked to the register. 'What the hell' he thought. She hadn't even looked around longingly like even Marluxia did. In and out. The two walk to the empty beach. It was 9:00 after all, they had been lucky that shop was open. Onyx gives the corridor a try but only manages a week outflow of dark energy before sighing. Axel opened one, nodding at her effort and they go back to his room. Still, Onyx had barely said a word to him. Drawing in as much calm as he could in one deep breath he asks again. "What's wrong with you?"
Hesitating, Onyx replies sullenly, "I had no idea you were gay. If…if I'd known that I wouldn't have troubled you. I can room with Marluxia…definitely not Larxene though. She seems to hate me. Regardless, I'll stay out of your…" Axel didn't let her finish. Throughout the time she'd been talking he'd been getting angrier and angrier. She'd noticed, backing up into the wall. One of Axel's hands slam into the wall by her head, as he leaned down to glare into her eyes.
"I'm straight, got it memorized?" he said kissing her roughly. Onyx was completely shocked. Here he was, kissing her again. He breaks the kiss turning from her abruptly. "It gets to be difficult to act straight when the only emotion we still 'feel' is lust and we are an organization of primarily men. And very few of us would dare try Larxene. She's earned her name the 'Savage Nymph'. Demyx on the other hand, is gay and he likes me," Axel said. Onyx was still reeling. She nodded so she didn't look stupid, but ended up sinking to the floor. She'd love it if every day were that way.
Sooo, end of another chapter, Yay! Lol school starts the 15 for me so I don't know how this is gonna work. I will do my best. Hope you enjoyed!