"so it was you!" Skyfa blurted out at axis. "YOU were the one following me and making me all paranoid!" "Yes." "W-well, why?!" "simple. The only way I can even remotely have any way of knowing where I am, is reading people's aura. And yours is the easiest one to see…and the only one I can really trust." "So…I'm a seeing eye cat?" "basically."
Skyfa and axis were on a ship. A big ship. In the middle of the ocean. And on their way to find the new Axel. "so, is it true?" axis asked Skyfa. "Is what true?" "ya'know, that cat's hate water." "No. we don't hate water. We just don't like being IN the water." Skyfa answered. "in fact, I really love to sail." Skyfa sat on her haunches at the bow of the ship. Axis just casually leaned on the mast. They soon had Port Royal in their sights, and went unnoticed as they docked the ship. Surprising considering that is was the middle of the day. The streets were bustling with activity as hundreds of people went about their daily lives, unaware of the two nobodies. Skyfa walked in front of axis, so she'd know where to walk. "so, what's their name?" "Xeirei." "Xeirei? Sounds familiar." Where had she heard that name before?
Skyfa passed butcher markets filled with meat, shops filled with fabrics of every color, and pig stalls. Skyfa hated the smell of pigs. And her sensitive nose just made it worse. Thank god she brought some chap stick to smell. While she had she Chap Stick in her hands, inhaling deeply the sweet fruity smell, she smelled something else. Something familiar. Suddenly she remembered where she knew Xeirei. She took off in the direction of the smell with axis running behind her, yelling at the stupid astrix. Skyfa soon found the source.
She Glomped her old friend Rei as hard as she could, catching the girl off guard, but not knocking her over. "Rei! I'm so glad to see you!" Skyfa exclaimed. Rei instantly recognize the voice and instantly returned the glomp. "Skyfa! What are you doing here? This is the last place I'd expect you and your sensitive nose would be!" Rei said. Axis had finally caught up with the runaway astrix. Out of breath, "Jesus, Skyfa! pant don't run like that. pant I can outrun you, just not in crowds where I can't see where the hell I'm going!!" Rei asked, "ummm, do you know her Skyfa?" axis looked up to find Rei staring at her. "Ah. Nice job. You found her." "Found me?" "Yes. We were looking for you." Axis answered. "what were you looking for me for?" she asked Skyfa. "We want you to be in our organization. The New Organization XIII…well, now it's just Organization VII. And we want you to be number VIII." "so, you mean, like the organization that Luxord's in?" "yeah. Except, you might want axis here to tell you her little story." "shut up Skyfa. At least I can breathe here." "well, she's got you there Skyfa." Rei commented. "wait, do you to know each other?" axis asked with a strange look on her face. "yeah! We've known each other for years." Skyfa answered. "how?" "well, around the beginning of winter, astrix' have a festival." Skyfa began, and Rei finished, "and for the past four years, I've had the pleasure of going. Luxord took me. I think you already know him."
About fifteen minutes later, the three sat in a bar (big surprise). Apparently, axis loved rum just a little bit too much…considering the fact that she had already had six drinks. "Maybe you should slow down a bit. After all, we still have some business to take care of here." Skyfa said. "Ah, that's right." Axis turned to Rei. "to see if you're good enough for our new VIII, I need to through Axel's chakrams at you. If you catch them, then we need to see if you can stand his element." "What was his element?" Rei asked. "fire." She answered.
The three waited for night to test Rei, so they could remain unseen and unbothered. Axis told Rei they were going to the docks, secretly planning to throw the chakrams at her halfway there…just like she did with Skyfa.
Axis, Skyfa, and Rei walked toward the docks, Axis looked at Skyfa (well, best she could) and nodded, they stopped and let Rei get ahead of them some. Rei continued walk then realized that Axis and Skyfa had fallen behind her, she turned around and said "What's the mat...", she paused in mid-sentence as she spotted Axis standing with Axel's chakrams in her hands. "CATCH!!" Axis yelled as she threw the chakrams at Rei, Axis threw them outstanding strength and accuracy despite the fact she was blind, making them deadlier than in the hands of their original owner. Rei caught both chakrams as they came close to nearly decapitating her, "What the Hell are you doing?!" Rei exclaims, Axis smiled lightly and simply said, "Congratulations, you caught them. Now, let's see if you can tolerate 'Hot Head's' element."
Axis summoned a great wall of fire that engulfed the three. Rei looked confused slightly, but stood her ground. The flames grew hotter as they came closer to Rei. (now might be a good time to mention that Skyfa and fire didn't mix.) Skyfa took a step back, finding herself out of the fire, along with axis. She couldn't see Rei, fearing the worst for her friend. Till there was a great gust of air, and the flames were blown out. Standing in the center of a pile of ash, were the fire once was, was Rei. She had a triumphant look on her eyes as she confronted Axis. "is that all you can throw at me?" axis just smirked. "almost."
Making their way back to the Castle That Never Was, Rei in her new organization cloak, axis looked a little green. Maybe it was just a hangover, but Skyfa still had that nagging feeling in the back of her head. From there, things went rather quickly. Axis introduced Rei to Axel. Axel insulted Rei. Axis defended Rei, and in the process, started a fight between Rei and Axel. And, unlike Skyfa, Rei was a firm believer in the phrase 'fight fire with fire'. And this time, it was literally 'Fire' against 'Fire'. It also became apparent that Rei HATED to lose. Especially when her pride was on the line.
It was very hard to watch Rei fight, considering the fact that the entire room was constantly covered in smoke. All she could hear was the crackle of flames, and the occasional "Ouch". While watching (what little she could watch) Skyfa realized something. "you weren't really sticking up for me, were you?" she asked axis. "when?" "back when I first came. You started a fight with Saix." "oh, back then. Well, technically, I was just trying to start a fight. To test your strength. I do that with all the nobody's." "well then, I guess that makes sense. But now that I think about it, I don't really think that you've ever stuck up for me!" "wrong. Remember when Garm made fun of your name?" "Oh that's right. I remember. Thanks for that, again."
After about twenty-five minutes of fighting, the smoke finally cleared. And of course, Rei was the only one standing. She had a few cuts on her shoulders and torso, but other than that, she looked fine. Axel, however, wasn't doing so good. Rei smiled at her victory. Skyfa looked at axis, to see her expression, only to see her coughing…a lot. "Are you ok?" she asked. "I'm fine." She said in response. But Skyfa could tell she was lying.
Axis walked to her room to lie down. Her head was pounding and she could barely breath. She searched the door for the handle. Finding the handle, she opened the door…something was missing. Walking carefully into her room, she felt her knee come into contact with a chair. A chair that wasn't supposed to be there. Searching for her bed, that was supposed to be in the middle of the room, she found nothing. 'shit, where the hell is everything?!' she thought. Suddenly, something soft and fluffy came down from the ceiling. "what the-?!" she held the pillow in her hands. Then she realized what happened to her bed. "GODDAMN IT XIGBAR!!" her bed was stuck on the ceiling.