Organizational Flaws

Ch 4

Number Fourteen: Xion

Authors Note: Keeper of Secrets is taking longer than expected to get out, but I will load it when I can…I can't think of anything to say, so lets just see what Max is up to…(OMG!!!! That was corny!)

Needless to say, avoiding Roxas was a lot harder then it would first seem to be. Number one, neither of us were being assigned any missions due to the fact that we were both still considerably young, (well, minus the fact that I was alive for fifteen stinking years but cant remember a dang thing!) and we were considered to not have enough experience to get missions, so it was hard not to miss each other as we walked down the hall.

Number two, he was still trying to apologize to me, but I didn't want his apology. I wanted to beat the crap out of him with my new Keyblade and then go drown in Mountain Dew.

But of course, Xenmas wouldn't be pleased with me murdering one of his 'star members'.

So I would have to sit back and take it like a non-wuss.

Axel was still trying to see why the atmosphere around me and Roxas was always so tense, and he had trapped me many times to get me to tell him what had happened during my dentist visit. (Oh, and by the way, I gave all of my Jawbreakers to Larxene as a 'Peace Offering' and lets just say she's about as stupid as I am for chewing them.)

And speaking of trapping me in corners at random times to get me to dish my secret, that's exactly what Zexion and Axel were doing at the moment.

"What the heck is up between you two, Max?" Axel asked.

"That's what I want to know! You guys were beginning to be friends, but after the dentist mess, you two isolated each other. I_" Zexion stopped as an announcement over an invisible intercom boomed.

'All Organization members, meet immediately in the Round Room.'

I smiled playfully at the two older members.

"Well, that's my que! See you guys later!" I waved and slipped past them, disappearing in a portal before they could catch me.

***

I sat in the fifteenth seat, staring down at the space in the middle of our circle of seats with mild interest.

We were about to be introduced to a new member, one who's figure was clearly female.

Thinking of Larxenes personality, and shuddered, hoping I wouldn't have to compare the two as 'closely alike'.

"Let us all welcome our newest member. Xion." The girl looked up at us and studied each of us until her eyes landed on me.

It was like I didn't remember how to breathe. I was suddenly so full of hatred that I gripped the arms of my chair/throne and bit back a bunch of complaints.

I didn't like her. No, not one bit. I hated her. And from the look she gave me, she hated me just as much.

She tore her eyes away from mine and continued down the rows. Then her eyes met Roxas's. And I completely lost my cool. I wailed, resolving to kick the crap out of her. Instead, I kept steady and summoned a portal, disappearing through it.

I showed up in my room, and ran to the fridge. Grabbing a Mountain Dew, I gulped it down and tried to relax a little, but my muscles tensed up to much.

I heard a portal open behind me and someone grabbed my shoulder, shaking me.

"Max, what was that!?" Roxas asked.

I turned to him.

"I don't like her at all." I whispered.

He gave me a sideways glance and smirked slightly.

"Why? She was looking my way and you freaked. Is there something you haven't told me?"

I glared at him as he continued to smile.

Another portal opened, and a red head walked through.

"What is it, Pyro?" I said acidly.

"I wanted to know why you shouted a death cry and left the room." Axel smirked.

Roxas gave him a look and turned back to me.

"Why do you hate her?" He asked.

I looked up at him, at his sterling blue eyes, and my empty heart pulled. I wanted to reach out and touch his face. I wanted so badly…but I snapped out of it and turned away.

"I don't want to talk about it. Go away."

He sighed and walked out the door. Axel stayed.

"Max, what's going on?" He asked.

I turned back to him.

"I…I…I had kissed him, okay! That's why I have been avoiding him. Im afraid of it! Alright! And leave me alone! I can't take it right now!" I shrieked.

If you had taken one look at my face, you would have said I was crazy. Down right weird, as in someone as hyper as me had just had two blue Amps and was freaking out about a washing machine.

That kind of crazy.

But at the moment I was on a roller coaster in my head, and my mental stability was staggering. I couldn't concentrate on the words Axel was saying. I was dizzy and sick, and the Mountain Dew in my hand wasn't helping.

Inanimate objects in the room began to swerve, like the letters on a page when your dyslexic.

"Max!" Someone shouted, but it was like I couldn't respond. I wanted to, but I was faint, and I was quickly blacking out.

"She's over stressed."

"That's weird…How does a Nobody get overstressed?"

"Should be easy, she can get over hyper, too."

I think it was around that time that I collapsed.

***

At first, everything was black. Then a shaded gray, then the ground became tan-ish.

The black around me pixilated, the dark squares flew around me and the wind blew my hair with them. They disappeared, and the scene of a beach shown. I was sitting on a bent tree over the ocean.

Next to me, a brunette with spiked hair sat. Behind him was a sun set-or was it a sun rise?

It didn't matter.

On the other side of me sat a blonde boy with spiked hair, and he looked just like me.

Roxas.

Behind him was the night sky.

As if an invisible force had pushed me, I feel backwards into the water-into the pixilated darkness.

***

After what felt like an eternity, I opened my eyes drowsily.

At first, my vision was fuzzy. As it cleared, I checked my surroundings. I was in my room, nothing had been distorted, and I was alone.

Probably Siax's fault. He was a butt head.

I stood up, walking over to the fridge. Grabbing a can of whatever soda was in there, I walked out into the hall and down to our dignified 'lounge'.

Roxas and a girl with raven black, short hair stood there conversing with Siax.

I stepped forward and cleared my throat.

"Yo, Siax, sorry to interrupt your conversation, but do I have a mission?" I asked.

"Yes. I will be sending you along with Roxas and Xion to eliminate the Deserters in Halloween Town." Siax said, turning away from me and the two others.

"Good morning to you, too." I muttered. Siax could be so irritable.

"Max, you're awake!" I was attacked by a blonde who looked like me, and we both toppled over.

"Roxas! Cant…breathe!" I choked out.

"Sorry!" Roxas got up and pulled me to my feet.

"What's with the whole 'You're awake' comment? How long was I out?" I asked.

Roxas looked uneasy.

"Fifty days." The girl with the raven hair said.

I turned to her, suddenly guarded.

"You must be Xion." I said, attempting to smile while gritting my teeth.

She nodded.

"And you're Max." She said bluntly.

Roxas leaned closer to me. "Try to be nice! You might like her." He whispered.

I snorted. "Whatever." I replied back.

***

Halloween Town had always been amazing.

The weird pumpkin bombs were cool colored, and the fountain was neat looking. I had always loved this place.

At the moment, it was being run down by heartless that were almost as hyper as me, and that was no fun. They were so hard to hit, and it toke us forever, even if we did have the help of three people.

I Limit Break-ed a few times, jumping around and swinging my new Keyblade in different directions.

Guess what. Xion had a Keyblade, too. I was really not liking that girl right now.

After what felt like forever, we were finally left with a few left. Of course, that didn't help much because that made it harder to KO the jumpy heartless.

I chased after one, and before I knew what was going on I had collided with Roxas, producing a blindingly bright white light that engulfed.

A flash later, all three of us were sitting in the dirt coughing and hacking up dust.

"Not again!" I choked out.

"That is getting annoying." Roxas replied between wheezes.

Xion looked around, confused.

"Well…" She started. "At least the Deserters are gone."

I laughed lightly, despite myself.

"Yeah, that's the truth." Roxas replied.

"C'mon, Max. Roxas, lets take her to the Clock Tower in Twilight Town for ice cream before we turn in." Xion said suddenly.

I stood up twice as confused.

"But don't we have to RTC?" I asked.

"Yeah, but not yet." Roxas toke my hand and we all walked through a portal he had summoned.

***

I found myself at the foot of a really high up tower with an ice cream in my hand.

"What is this?" I asked.

"Sea-Salt Ice-Cream. It's really good." Roxas replied.

"Try it!" Xion said. She seemed a little distant, but I shoke the uneasiness off.

Taking a bite of ice cream, I brightened.

"Salty, and sweet! It's good!" I exclaimed, taking another bite.

"I know!" Roxas replied.

After we had finished eating the cold bars, (which didn't take me very long) Roxas stood.

"Im going to RTC. Get back to the castle before it gets to late, okay you two?" Roxas told us before walking away.

Xion turned to me.

"You don't like me very much, do you?" She asked.

I sighed and shoke my head.

"I don't know why, but I hated you when you looked over at Roxas that first day…You can call me crazy but sometimes it feels like I have a heart, its just not beating." I said.

"I felt the same to you, but it feels like things are lightening up for me, now that im getting to know you." She replied.

I nodded. "The same with me."

She smiled at me and stood up.

"And by the way, im not infatuated with Roxas, but you might want to stop making googly eyes at him before someone else becomes suspicious."

I stood up as she began to run and chased after her.

"What's that supposed to mean!?" I shouted. She merrily laughed as we sped down the stairs.

Authors Note: I have a new friend on the site that I know in real life, and I helped her start off by giving her 'Keeper of Secrets' so she could start off on her writing. Look up the story and find her! (Her pen name is dogowner100 {Don't Ask}) Thanx, and I will update soon!