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Marluxia had only pretended to go straight for the shield, knowing that ramming into it wouldn't be the best of ideas. He had then swiftly moved aside, watching a dumbfounded Kyra fall past him. And of course, she rammed right into the shield. Without her helmet, it had hurt... a lot. What retarded impulse even possessed her to remove it? After slamming against it, her Keyblade had also smacked straight into her nose and it felt broken. It probably wasn't, considering she tended to be a drama queen, but she claimed it was. "Heh, you both are foolish. Then again, you can continue to fight like this. It'll make things easier." It was a good thing the shield had been dropped.

So had the redhead. She had lay on the floor, right flat on her face, before jumping up. "You jerk!" The teenager had been so pissed that she had forgotten to think things through and just jumped blindly (no offense to Caeda) into the battle. Their teamwork skills obviously... lacked.

Surprised by her quick speed and not-so-smart attitude, Marluxia used his scythe to guard. "You fight like my grandma... Or even worse, Demyx." He mocked and moved around her, putting the scythe near her neck, only to get a leg full of Keyblade. He hadn't known how it happened, he only knew that it had. It had pierced his leg all right, which had him staring at it in surprise.

"Hah, got you. Now who fights like a grandma now?" Kyra had teased back with too cocky of a grin, leaning on her Keyblade, which pressed further into his leg. Some blood rushed out of the wound as he pulled his leg out, stumbling backward rather ungracefully. Then in an astonishing amount of speed, ended up behind her with the scythe piercing her armor, then her arm. Kyra gasped out loud, staring down. Okay, so an eye-for-an-eye, eh? That was fair. She pulled out the scythe and kicked his injured leg, quickly stumbling backward all the while holding her arm. Perhaps she should've had a plan before coming in here?

Seconds later, Karyx had returned with All-Mighty Pielad behind her. He was baffled by all the blood on the ground, staring confusedly at Marluxia, then to Kyra.

"So why did I come down from the safety of my office again?" Xemnas asked boredly.

"To help?" Karyx reminded him with a growl. "So put your Mansex self in there and help!"

"I despise that nickname." He grumbled, eyeing the Nocturne. "You have Marluxia and Demyx. You're good." He mumbled and walked off with a pie in hand. Why on earth would he even dare risk his neck for these fools? They were under his control, not the other way around. "Good luck," Mansex said with a bored tone, escaping into a portal.

Something /had/ bounced off her shield right before she dropped it, and it did not take much for Caeda to realize it had been Kyra. Hooboy. But she must be okay, since she'd managed to wound Marluxia. Battle had distinct sounds, and Caeda knew them all well. What little information she had on Marluxia raced through her mind. Scythe. That meant he had a long reach. He was /so/ not her ideal opponent. So what, was she supposed to just sit there uselessly? Caeda growled. To her, being useless was the worst thing of all. She would rather die. And that prompted her to move forward. A blurry schematic of the positions of Kyra and Marluxia was in her mind, and she knew that Marluxia was wounded. As long as she didn't hit Kyra. Caeda's jaw clenched in preparation for the pain. Besides being blind, Caeda also had an astonishingly low threshold for pain. She was not meant to be in a war, not meant to be sent against Organization XIII. But she could keep a clear head in most situations, and right now her plan was simple and the same one that had been working for her this long. Let him hit her.

Demyx was dumbstruck. His mouth hung open and he cringed as both Kyra and Marluxia injured each other. This was insane! And the Superior had not been any help at all, which should not have surprised Demyx but did.

"Marluxia, we don't have grandmas!" he called out helpfully, then berated himself for being such a fool. Time to spring into action!

"Karyx, stop them!" he pleaded. "She won't listen to me, and she's /your/ Other, you should know how to calm her down!" Then he realized that seeing Kyra this way probably satisfied Karyx in some strange way. "You know what?" he rounded on the other Nobody, "if I hadn't been unable to protect Kyra, you wouldn't even be here! I named you and everything! I'm like your dad. And as your dad, I want you to make them stop!" He flung one pointed finger at Kyra and Marluxia. When he looked back, the other soldier was lunging into the fray. What if they really killed Marluxia? He was a jerk, but Demyx didn't want him to fade. If Marluxia fell, the soldiers might turn on /him/ and then where would he be?

Escaping into a portal, that's where.

Karyx had given Demyx the most deathly death glare she could muster, rolling her eyes. "You are most certainly not my dad, you never will be. Kyra may be my other, buuut--" she had stopped herself, grinning widely. It was one of those spine-chilling grins that made little children scream in fright. With one quick motion, she whipped out her mace. The silver handle glinted as she moved gracefully into action. Her blue hair had moved along with her, whipping across her face as she smirked. The mace was quickly thrust into the nearest body as a scream escaped their lips. The blood-curdling scream pierced the ears of everyone near. Marluxia had crumpled to his knees, clutching his chest as the blood gushed out.

"T-traitor!" The Assassin muttered lowly, as the bluenette gave him a smile.

"You shouldn't have messed with my other." Then she stepped off, placing a hand on Caeda's head.

"Yo, don't hurt yourself. I killed pinky, so it's all good. I hated his guts and I so wanted to do that." With a grin, she gave Caeda a tiny shove, then back over to Marluxia. "How does it feel to be betrayed?"

Marluxia sneered, unable to really form a proper sentence. His body had begun to fade away, until he had left a giant blood stain on the floor. Karyx enjoyed the look on his face as she disappeared. "There," she said boredly.

Kyra sat there, flabbergasted. Her armor had been splattered by Marluxia's blood, which sickened her. "K-Karyx?" Her Nobody really stuck up for her? Wow! She had clutched her arm even tighter, shifting her eyes to Demyx and giving him a soft look. He would probably be mad, heck she was too. She risked the life of Caeda and herself! Suddenly she fell to her knees and hugged tightly onto her arms. Again, another emotional breakdown. Though this tme she held in her tears. Karyx stared at her, rolling her eyes. Her Somebody was /too/ emotional sometimes.

Meanwhile, Xemnas had loaded the Saix puppies into his portal. He picked up the straggler pup and sighed. "Come on, pups. We will find a new place .. It shall be our eutopia!" Once he got a lick to his face, he chucked the puppy in. "I'll make sure to feed you to my pet alligators ... Once I get them."

Caeda froze as she felt the weight of Karyx's hand on her forehead. Though Karyx had just saved her, Caeda did not feel safe in the slightest. Traitors were far more dangerous. The only thing that stopped Caeda from lashing out at Karyx at such a close range was the fact that she was Kyra's Nobody, and it seemed wrong, somehow.

"Thanks," she murmured, not allowing herself to relax. She probably couldn't have if she wanted to.

"You killed him!" Demyx exclaimed, staring at Karyx. "I can't believe you really killed him!"

Unconciously, he edged backward, grimacing. Then he set his water clones on the three women, where they lost their shape and splashed. He didn't stay to watch it, but opened a portal and jumped through, sealing it quickly while he made his escape. Marluxia was gone, and he wasn't staying with Karyx. There was no point in remaining with the Organization– The puppies! Demyx made a quick stop in their room and found that they were gone. Nabbed! Mourning anew, Demyx stepped back into the portal and ran through the swirling depths to find a place where he could be safe.

Demyx hadn't wanted to be too predictable in his choice of hiding place, but when he couldn't shake the world from his mind, he decided to give in and go there. Maybe, if he was being searched for, his pursuers would think he wouldn't go somewhere obvious. Or maybe they would think he would go somewhere obvious anyway. Or maybe they would think he would want to go somewhere obvious, knowing that they would think he chose the obvious place when really he chose the unobious place, which they would conclude, when he would really be in the obvious place.

"Ya think?" he asked the dolphin, concerned. The dophin smiled and flipped over in the water and swam away, leaving a small current that pulled at Demyx's new tail fins briefly. "Awesome, thanks for your help!" he called, waving. Then, he looked around and swam aimlessly. So Kyra wanted him dead, and he still didn't know why. And he though /Karyx/ was bipolar. Well, Karyx was Kyra's Nobody, so it was probably justified in the end.

He still couldn't believe Marluxia was dead. He couldn't believe it that any of the faded Organization were gone, but they were. Except Roxas, who had gotten to go back to Sora. And Naminé, back in Kairi. Kyra and Karyx should just join up already. That should save some hassle.

But it wasn't anything /he/ had to worry about. He was Under the Sea, Darlin' it's better, down where it's wetter, and at least no one was trying to off him here.

"Don't thank me." Karyx retorted quickly, not even bothering to cast her glance toward Caeda. "I had to do it. He was about to go into another form, which would've killed you all." Then with a little emotion, she watched Demyx run for his life. "That weakling. Marluxia was right, he shouldn't have survived. I really do think it was a fluke..." The bluenette murmured, placing a hand on her hip. "Plus, I'm only helping because she's my Somebody. I don't want her dead. Otherwise, I could've just killed you all. Now I've got to track down Demyx and kick Xemnas's butt." Merely for abandoning her. Some Superior he was. He demanded respect, yet he couldn't even hold a simple three member Organization together. It was purely sad.

Kyra had winced as the cold water splashed her some, wishing it just would've drowned her. "W-wait." She whispered under her breath, watching him leave. Somehow this didn't seem as satisfying as she wanted it to be. In the process of trying to get revenge, she ended up pushing away the one person she truly cared for -- not to mention putting other lives in danger. Despite despising him for the lack of a heart, she somehow still appreciated her own. It was one of those torn-moments. Her brown eyes stared dully at the ground, becoming lifeless. 'What is wrong with me?' She asked herself, resting her face in her hands once again.

"Grah!" Caeda exclaimed as the water splashed over her, running down her armor and soaking her. Not a pleasant sensation. She jerked away from Karyx and pulled her helmet off, shaking the water from her regulation-cut black hair. One glove came off and she wiped her face with her hand, smoothing her hair back and then rubbing her eyes for good measure. Nope, still blind.

"All right, so, Eleven's dead, and others have vacated, right?" she asked, puffing a quick breath through her lips to dislodge the last clinging droplets. "And Karyx did it, so...that's /kinda/ like you did it, I guess. Not really sure how that works. Soooo," she concluded," mission accomplished! Let's go back." She didn't want to stay here any longer. If her helmet weren't soaked through, she would jamb it back on her head immediately. It probably wouldn't make much difference, she reasoned. Besides, she hated to be uncomfortable. Caeda was starting to realize just how spoiled and weak she really was, despite having survived the war as long as she had. It was agitating her, and she wanted to leave and forget the botched mission as quickly as possible. And Kyra freaking out, too, that might be good to let slip from her mind.

Kyra had slowly glanced up to Caeda, grumbling something under her breath. "Why bother go back? If we don't get killed here, we're going to get killed there. Either way, we're going to die." The redhead said flatly, her mood suddenly changing as she realized that all hope was lost. Normally she was the optimistic one. What a bottle of sunshine she was today! Clutching back onto her arm, she had finally stood up. "I say we hunt down Demyx." She finally muttered.

"Hunt him down?" Karyx questioned, before prodding the spike on her mace. "Sounds like a plan to me! So is the sissy blindy girl coming too or are we going to leave her in here with the killer dogs?" That was really a lie. No way a SaVx puppy could be dangerous, right? Of course not!

"Killer dogs? Maybe. But that's not right. She can come too." The redhead forced a smile, listening to a strange, sudden whimper. Her eyes took notice of a small, blue tail poking out from behind the chair. A grin crossed her lips as she ran up fast and tugged on it playfully. The puppy jumped quite high, almost like a cat would, then turned around growling. It was quite adorable to watch it growl; it had this pathetic, insignificant growl. Kyra's face lit up with joy as she started to rub behind its ears, watching it just pant and roll over, obviously being conquered. "Welp, I found a mad killer dog over here," her voice called over from behind the chair, picking up the puppy in victory. It yelped in happiness as she put it on her head with her freehand, -- and well, unhurt arm connected to that hand, etc -- then lay flat on it. It seemed to be having quite a nice time up there.

"So where should we open the portal to?" Karyx asked, eyeing the puppy.

"Hm. Well he wouldn't go to Halloween Town -- that place is too scary," Kyra said, quickly naming off the places where he would never be caught dead at. "Twilight Town might be a possibility, so would Traverse. The Underworld is another Demyx no-no, as would be Port Royal and blah. Heck, let's go to Atlantica!" The youth grinned. That was the first place they went to together and actually had fun at. Ah, she remembered it like it were yesterday. Plus, he'd probably think that if he went somewhere obvious they wouldn't think of that obvious place and check in an unobvious spot! Thus, she decided on Atlantica.

"Atlantica, that sushi spot? You sure?" The bluenette mumbled.

"Yes. I'm sure." The redhead chuckled quite ... evilly?

Caeda sobered at the idea of dying no matter what they did, but shifted her expression into her accustomed wry smirk at the sound of the puppy's bark. "Maybe I'll take my chances with the killer dogs. I could probably take /them/. But, I said I'd follow you, Kyra, so you're stuck with me." She pulled off her other glove and began to strip off each section of her armor. Atlantica was a world of water, and she was not about to travel there in full defensive getup. She heaved a sigh of relief as she dropped off the chest plate, rolling her shoulders and feeling the suspenders (she'd been told they were red, as suspenders should be) slide over the edges of her collar bone. She was not sorry to part with the armor, leaving it in a big pile right beside her. "And lucky you, I can swim."

Kyra had watched Caeda remove her armor for a second, then stared down at her own armor. The girl had the right idea. But then again, wouldn't they change when they got there? The part she despised most about that water world. Eh, it'd be okay. As long as her fins didn't turn into metal hunks, and she got a top, she'd be fine.

"Hurry up, you ninnies!" Karyx shouted loudly and opened up the portal, not wasting any time to jump straight into it. She fancied the idea of being a mermaid with long, silky hair and a pretty, sparkly fin. Who put what in her drink?

"Well, it looks like our commander sent you to follow a crazy woman." Kyra had joked, eyeing her arm. That was kind of healing as they spoke; probably another reason why she stayed alive so long. "Heh, lucky me. I learned how to swim. I could've swore we were trained to do that, or is that for the Navy? Eh, oh well." She then shrugged and dragged Caeda into the portal.