My World

Chap 3 – The Plan

On the highest tower in Nobody's Castle in the World That Never Was, Xemnas watches a blue glowing orb and sees a flood of people running out of Traverse Town; he watches the horrified faces all running together intensely. He closes his eyes, their screaming and crying makes the scene almost come to life, he could almost taste their despair and fear in their hearts. The Joker was a clever man.

"He really does have a flair for the theatrical doesn't he? You saw that suit?" Xigbar emerged from the corner of the room. Xemnas had a feeling he wasn't alone, but didn't bother to check if it was so.

"Eavesdropping again are we Xigbar?" He continued to look at the blue orb that now showed the gruesome deaths of Donald's nephews.

"As if!" Xigbar leans over Xemnas to get a better view of what he was watching. "Those new camera like devices you implanted on the Sorcerers must come in handy. So exactly what is it you're," he pauses mid-sentence and sees the image of the decapitated ducks, "say, did the new recruit do that?"

Xemnas doesn't reply but tries to wave him off.

"He did do it didn't he?" Xigbar continues to stay even after Xemnas was starting to make it clear that he had wanted to be alone with his thoughts. "My you sure do know how to pick them out."

Xemnas continues to stay in silence, till finally he moves his eyes away from the orb and looks at Xigbar.

"I need someone to go check up on the Joker."

"He's only been out for about a few days now! I don't think he'll be slacking off any time soon." He motions his capable eye towards the picture of the crime scene.

"It's not because of that," he shuts off his magical blue orb, and it dissipates into the air. "You see despite his," Xemnas begins motioning his hands as if trying to grasp the word he wants to use, "more than questionable fashion state, he is quite sharp. If anything, I can already see him planning on trying to turn our own plans against us to use for his own advantage."

"You give that clown that much credit?" Xigbar jokingly remarked, in a way he seemed a little hurt by what Xemnas said, but of course it was just a reflex of an emotion of what was left of his past self.

"I have been reading up on what he had been doing in his previous world in Gotham City." Xemnas began walking around the room trying to recollect all the little information he was able to dig up on the Joker. "As far as I know, he is a psychotic, mass-murdering clown, whose only real rival was that of a being they called Batman. In some of these compiled notes I've read from both Arkham Asylum, the mental institution he's been constantly getting in and out of, and from Batman, it's said he's extremely dangerous, intellectual, and unpredictable. He's seen to be even a threat to demi-gods and gods alike even with the lack of any sort of powers. It's said, because he's constantly being underestimated by these magical beings, he often gets the upper hand in the situation and is able to use his cunning to virtually bring them to their knees."

Xigbar listens patiently to Xemnas but a look of boredom crosses his face. Perhaps if he'd had known he was going to get a lecture about the clown-freak he wouldn't have come sneaking up on Xemnas.

"So you're telling me all this, why? I mean, c'mon! We're better than anyone he's ever met!"

Xemnas flashed Xigbar an angry glare and whisked his hand to the side and snapped at him.

"Haven't you been listening to anything I've said? Pride is the exact thing this lunatic thrives on!" Xemnas's rage quickly subsided – exaggerated anger usually ebbs quickly.

"Then why don't we just drop him before he makes things complicated?" Xigbar shrugged, figuring that this would be the easy solution to what Xemnas was worrying about.

"You really don't get it do you?" Xemnas growled, "He is a key component to this plan, even though his position is temporary and he can be replaced with someone more reliable, he's good at what he does and he does it efficiently and without qualms."

"And what job is this?"

"Making a scene and striking fear into people's hearts."

Xigbar looked as though he was wiping away a piece of imaginary lint from his black cloak.

"Oh right, got it." He doesn't say anything for a moment but then asks, "So, bringing fear into people's hearts – that's gonna help us, how again?"

A sigh escaped from Xemnas' lips, what was the point of inviting him to the Where Nothing Gathers chamber if he wasn't even going to pay attention? Shouldn't the second in command at least try to pretend he knew what was going on?

"I'm going to explain this once more to you, as simply and easily as possible. If you don't get the plan this time around," he clenches his fist and brandishes it at Xigbar, "so help you." He places his hand back down and resumes circling the room.

"Bringing fear into the hearts and souls of the cosmos will make people more susceptible in losing their own hearts and bringing the darkness in. Now hearts aren't too easily captured these days, seeing has how the light has blessed and almost replenished everyone's hearts so as to not be easily taken from them. If fear, loss, and despair begin to creep back into them, then their defenses are down and ours for the taking! Not to mention, if the Joker starts to really do his job right, they may fall so far from the light that they might turn over to the dark side, or even become Nobody's like ourselves. In essence, the Joker would be making our work ten time's easier, and the more hearts we gather for the Kingdom Hearts, the better for us."

"Think of all we can do with all that power." Xemnas stops moving before resuming his pacing again, this time a little faster, and his hands flutter about him nervously as he's speaking. "All that energy! We can recreate the world to our benefit! We'll be Gods! We'll be Creators! Masters of the Universe! They'll be nothing to stand in our way! Nothing!" Xemnas waved his hands about frantically, the thought of his idea becoming a reality delighted him, or – at least what he believed was delight, if not, than a sense of accomplishment of some sort.

"And we'll all have our own hearts! Just like we've always wanted!" Xigbar also had gotten swept up by Xemnas's demonstration. Xemnas looked over at Xigbar, and gave a long side glance before replying.

"Indeed." Xemnas stopped walking and looked at Xigbar.

"Now, as I stated earlier, I need you to go and check up on our newest asset."

"As if!" Xigbar playfully smiled, "It may not look like it, but I've actually got important missions of my own to take care of."

Exactly what these missions were, Xemnas was not sure of, but he didn't bother to ask.

"Then get another member to do it. But I want to see to it that it gets done."

"No problem," Xigbar begins to leave the room but before he does he looks back at Xemnas, "So, if the clown's position is temporary, what do you plan to do with him afterwards?"

"Destroy him; he maybe useless to us as a person afterwards, but he can make a very powerful Nobody minion. As you can probably already tell, his heart is consumed with darkness, and he's reveling in it. We might as well give him what he's been asking for," he smirks, "eternal darkness."

A/N:

Wee! I finally get the organization on this! Even though it is just Xemnas and Xigbar - and they are just talking about the Joker...lol. But ya see thte Joker is the hottest thing on the market these days and like the egotistical showman he is above all else, of course he'd leave his name upon everyone's lips! And as I like to stress over and over again like an old joke - The Joker - though powerless as it may seem to the untrained eye, is an incredible threat taken lightly. You know he killed a man twice his weight in muscle with his slipper in Arkham Aylum?!

And well you really gotta give it up to dear ol' Xemnas! I mean I don't want this story to end up like, "And then Joker gets hte upper hand on Org.13 because they were so not expecting that!" or "Then hte Org.13 off's Joker becuz they got super powers -duur!" It's a battle of the wits as it is the brawn and magic! See I don't want hte Org.13 becoming to light-headed and pompous just because they have powers - Xemnas understands the potential threat the Joker posesses to those who are too hubris - and thus makes Xemnas one step ahead in the game.