Gusting Darkness
Chapter III: Make-Believe Friendship
"Which would you rather suffer the loss of: Some make-believe friendship, or a real one?"
"Roxas... Roxas, wake up..."
A small groan came from within the darkness. It wasn't actually darkness, more a place. A bedroom, to be exact. A white bedroom, where a moon shine brightly out the window. A boy slept on the bed, his face covered in the pillow.
"Five more minutes," mumbled the boy, turning onto his side.
A whish slipped through his head, followed by a crackle and slash.
He sat up quickly, clearly shocked by the sound going through his head. He sat at the edge of the bed. He started to think things through.
Where was he now? It looked familiar, like he had been here yesterday. The moon outside also looked familiar, but he still didn't know where he was. He was wearing a black coat, like the rest of them.
"Where am I?" he pondered, rubbing the back of his head.
Just then, a sharp memory.
A girl, black hair, with the same black coat he wore. His thoughts were going in an infinite loop, reviewing the endless thoughts and... Memories.
Memories, that's what they were.
"Xion.." he mumbled, looking at his hand.
A single shell.
Where was he now? It looked familiar...
A coat peered through the slightly opened door of the boy's room. He chuckled to himself and realized who this was. He shut the door, smiled, and headed somewhere.
He appeared in a flurry of darkness in the Round Room, but he wasn't in the highest chair, which was already occupied. Instead, he was in one of the middle-height chairs, preferably on the right side of the highest chair.
"What are you here for, Dexis?" said the highest chair, cold and descending.
"I know something you don't!" said Dexis (Dex) in a singsongy voice.
"What is it?" said the highest chair, who's voice sounded annoyed.
Dexis revealed his face. A dirty blond, with a weird mullet style. He looked cheery and young, and even more friendly.
"'Waz the magic worddd?" Dexis sang, with a bright smirk on his face.
The highest sighed, then replied, "Please tell me what it is..."
Dexis laughed, "Aw, come on, Yosuba! You can do be-"
"Just tell me what it is," said the highest, Yosuba.
"Oh fine~! I saw Roxas appear in his room, just a few minutes earlier!" exclaimed Dexis happily.
"Fine then, call the others here."
Minutes later, the round room was filled. The chair across from the highest was empty, so was the second-highest throne. The highest spoke clearly and loudly, with his hood off. He looked at the room with malicious eyes.
"Welcome, friends. You may be wondering why I have called you here," Yosuba began, looking at the faces of the unmasked.
Dexis was the only one beside Yosuba to have his hood off; the others kept them on.
"I am happy to announce that a new comrade has been chosen to wear the coat," Yosuba continued, "Number XIII. Roxas."
Mumbles came around the room in amazement. "Roxas?" they all mumbled. Dexis's face was the only one smiling.
Two shadows appeared on the platform. They both turned into people: One coat, and the other much shorter, the same boy from the bedroom.
Roxas.
The image of a man, much more different then Yosuba himself, came into Roxas's mind.
A man with gray hair, and a dark skin tone. The leader of the Original Organization 13.
"It is your responsibility to teach Roxas the ropes of the Organization, if he can remember them," said Yosuba finally.
Roxas, who looked around and was memorizing things, was starting to get dizzy. He almost fell forward, but the coat behind him had pushed him straight.
"Don't faint, you have a lot of work to do," said the coat, darkly.
The memories didn't stop. It was overflowing his brain, it could have exploded right there. No matter, Roxas fell forward and blacked out. The memories were too deep, and too long. It was an endless thread of memories. A chain.
"No matter, he will serve his purpose tomorrow."
Alone, were the two coats. Yosuba, sitting at his normal throne, with Axos, his right-hand man, at the second-highest.
Alone in the Round Room, the both of them.
"Seems the memories haven't drained out yet," said the face of Yosuba.
"It will take more than just a day; it could take weeks," replied Axos, his face revealed also.
"Saix, don't worry, memories have their days. I promise you, Roxas will be ready to get us our hearts by tomorrow."
Axos looked at Yosuba at the word "Saix".
"Don't call me that," said Axos softly.
"Well, it certainly true, the 'son' of Saix. Just replace the O with an I and rearrange the letters, then you got Saix."
Axos looked away at his words, "I still don't like being called that."
"Ah, it's just a name, doesn't mean anything. When we have hearts, it'll mean something," said Yosuba, chuckling.
"But I digress, once Kingdom Hearts has been fully exposed, then Xion will make her appearance..." continued Yosuba.
"And we will speed up the heart-collection process with Keyblades of our own. How in the universe are you going to pull that off?" drifted off Axos, looking back at the highest.
"It's nothing you need to worry about, that's for sure. Just keep your eye on the goal: getting a heart. Got it memorized?" Yosuba said playfully, looking at the seemingly endless roof of the Round Room.
"Got it memorized?"
The voice of him cut through the lonely Roxas. Sitting in his bedroom, alone, with the only one to comfort him: Himself. The moon shone brightly against the window.
"Axel... Xion..." Roxas mumbled; something in his chest was making him choke up.
A teardrop fell onto the black coat, but stained away. Roxas lay back on the bed.
"Got... It... Memorized..."
Static.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
LuckyLuxie here.
"I'd Rather We Just Skip the Formalities."
This is a story I actually INTEND to complete. And most of the time I'm utterly braindead. So please, just please, review and give me suggestions for a chapter!
About the Sons Of The Original: They are all OCs, and look VERY similar to their "fathers". The Original Organization is the Organization 13 from KHII and KH DAYS. Their names are cut offs, or rearranged letters, of the OO (Original Organization). Such as: Axos, replace the O with an I, rearrange the letters and you get Saix. Yosuba (current leader of SOTO, Sons Of The Original) is the "son" of Axel, because of the Appearance. Not XEMNAS, and is the only member that you can't relate to the "father" name. Lux is the "son" Luxord, but Lux's real name is spelled Luxe. (Lux-e) I'm explaining the current charactors of SOTO that have already been revealed. This is so that there is no confusion within the story. Dexis is the "son" of Demyx, though the members call him Dex. Vexn has already been explained. Luxe's face has not been revealed. Another note, all SOTO members have the SAME weapon as the OO, though the names are different.
Thank you for reading this LONG A/N. I want you to enjoy this story as much as one can.
