Kyrie (c) Me

Kh Characters (c) Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts

Shattered Soul

Chapter 6

A week had passed since Kyrie's arrival to the World that Never Was, and during that time she got used to her surroundings and even trained with some of the organization members. Like Xion though, she was never counted as a member, and therefore stood with Xion as they held their meetings.

But today was the day she would be getting her first assignment as a new member of organization XIII. She stood and waited as Saix handed out missions to the other members before finally stopping in front of her.

"Young Kyrie, you are to work with number twelve today and go to Hollow Bastion to eliminate some heartless. Since it is your first mission, number twelve is to keep surveillance on you at all times and make sure that you are not harmed during the mission." Saix explained as he handed Kyrie the folder which contained the details of her first mission. She nodded before he continued.

"You are to listen to her, since she is your superior. You are to obey her and work together with her in order to complete this mission. Am I understood?" he finished. She nodded again before writing down her answer.

Yes sir, understood.

He nodded before looking at Larxene.

"Twelve, make sure you do not fail this mission, and use any means necessary to complete it." he ordered. The blonde scoffed before nodding.

"Fine. Brat, meet me in the Grey Area in five." she growled before walking away. Kyrie was silent for a few moments, anxious and nervous about her very first mission. She shifted from foot to foot uncomfortably before a hand patted her head. Startled, she turned to see Demyx, Axel, Xigbar, Roxas, and Xion standing behind her.

"You'll do fine, quit worrying so much angel." Xigbar chuckled. She smiled uncertainly before writing something down.

But what if I fail?

"Don't worry, you won't fail. If anything, it'll be Larxene who'd get in trouble if anything went wrong." Demyx assured her. She nodded before smiling brightly and waving as she walked away. The five saw her off as she followed Larxene into the dark portal.

-Hollow Bastion-

"Okay, so this is Hollow Bastion. Don't ask any questions, or even talk to me. Let's just get this done and go back." Larxene ordered as they entered Hollow Bastion. Kyrie stopped and looked at her surroundings with wide eyes, she knew this place. But she couldn't remember how, or why. There was a small town and a castle, but it looked like it was being rebuilt.

"How is it that I…know this place?" she thought as she stared at her surroundings. She felt a warm feeling in her chest and tears prick at her eyes, this place meant something to her. Immediately a voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Brat, quit staring and come here!" Larxene snapped. She jumped and nodded as she joined the savage nymph just as she was being surrounded by heartless. Kyrie immediately drew her two keyblades and stared at her opponents, shadows and soldiers, in uneasiness. This was her first mission and she was nervous. She can't mess this up.

"Like they said…stay focused." she thought before lunging at a group of shadows, knocking them away with her keyblades. One, she learned was named the Lost Memory keyblade, and the other was a type of Kingdom Key. Roxas and Xion wielded similar keyblades, but Kyrie's was white and silver, not silver and gold like theirs. She defeated the shadows with ease, but the soldiers were more trouble for her.

"Ugh!" she thought in pain as one knocked her into a wall. She quickly got to her feet and took a swipe at it with her Kingdom Key, destroying it in a second. After a while, most of the heartless were gone and she was facing the last one, a large body. She leapt up and got behind it before hitting it with both keyblades, destroying it. She sighed in exhaustion and wiped her brow before turning to look and see where Larxene was. But she was gone.

"Huh? Where'd she-" she thought before she felt something kick her side, sending her into a nearby wall. Then everything went dark.

-Larxene-

Larxene smirked at the girl's fallen form, slumped against a wall that she kicked her into, knocking her unconscious.

"Let's see what happens to you now, bitch." she cackled before opening a portal and walking through, leaving Kyrie behind to fend for herself.

-Elsewhere in Hollow Bastion-

A young girl dressed as a ninja hummed as she took a walk around Hollow Bastion, her home world. After the events of before when she and her friends were sent to Traverse Town after the world's destruction, she took all of her world's surroundings in, glad to be back. That's when she spotted a white-haired girl dressed in a black cloak slumped against the wall, unconscious. She gasped.

"Ah! A girl!" she quickly ran to the girl's side and shook her shoulder, but got no response from her. "Hey, are you okay? Hey!" she cried as she tried to get the girl to wake up. But the girl still did not stir. She quickly stood and started running, she had to get help. She quickly got to a house that looked like it belonged to a wizard and ran in, startling the people inside.

"Leon, Aerith, Cid! There's a girl unconscious in the bailey!" she cried. The two men, one older and blonde and the other young and brunette, stood and approached her while the young woman stayed where she was at a bookcase.

"You sure, Yuffie?" he asked. She nodded and grabbed his arm, tugging on it.

"Yup, I'm sure! We better get to her and quick, or the heartless will get her!" she cried. Both men nodded as they ran out, with Yuffie leading the way. They quickly found the girl unconscious against the wall and Cid started checking her over.

"Whatever it was that attacked her was strong, knocked her clean out. We better have Aerith take a look at her." Cid diagnosed. Leon nodded before picking her up and carrying her back to the house.

-Back at the World that Never Was-

"Hey, Marluxia! I'm back!" Larxene called as she spotted her partner-in-crime. The pink-haired man smirked as he spotted her. Currently, he had just gotten back from a mission to Wonderland, where he had a fun time growing more flowers to use as his weapons should he have to fight any opponents there. Luckily, it was only reconnaissance. He looked at her and was curious that the white-haired girl wasn't with her.

"Hello, Larxene. Is the girl not with you?" he inquired. She smirked as she brushed some of her hair back.

"Nah, I left the useless bitch back at Hollow Bastion. Probably heartless food by now." she giggled. He laughed before Zexion walked in and spotted them. His eyes immediately landed on Larxene when he noticed that Kyrie wasn't with them.

"Hello eleven, twelve. Twelve, where is the girl?" he asked her. Larxene scoffed, why did everyone have to know what happened to that brat?

"Dunno. Why should I tell you?" she sneered. He narrowed his eyes, annoyed by her attitude.

"Because, that girl was in your charge. You were supposed to be looking after her." he explained. She smirked as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Really? Well, I'll tell you. I left her behind because she was getting in the way of the mission and Saix did say `use any means necessary` to complete it. So I did." she explained. Zexion clenched his hands before another voice spoke.

"So you left angel there? All by herself?" they looked up to see Xigbar on the ceiling. She growled. Xigbar was the biggest snoop that ever roamed the castle, always listening in on other people's conversations.

"Of course, you old loony. She was getting in the way." she growled. He looked at her disapprovingly before looking at Zexion.

"Zexion, get the others. I'll go and get superior and tell him that angel's been left behind in Hollow Bastion. Meet us at the Grey Area and pronto!" and with that, he was gone. Zexion nodded before he too, disappeared. All was silent before Larxene groaned, earning a pat on the shoulder from Marluxia in response.

"Great…now I'm in for it…"

-A little while later, the Grey Area-

"What? Kyrie's still in Hollow Bastion?" Roxas gasped when Zexion told him the news. They were one of the first to arrived and not long after, Xion, Xaldin, Vexen, and Luxord appeared as well. The cloaked schemer nodded.

"Yes, and twelve left her there purposely. We have no idea where she is in Hollow Bastion, nor her condition." he explained. Xion gasped and Roxas growled.

"How could she do such a thing?…Kyrie's only been here a week and it was her first mission…" Xion murmured. Roxas nodded before Axel, Demyx, and Lexaeus walked in, unaware of the current situation.

"Hey, we were told to come down here because there's big trouble. What's up?" Demyx asked. Roxas sighed.

"Kyrie's still in Hollow Bastion, Larxene left her there." he answered. Axel stiffened.

"What! Kyrie's all alone in Hollow Bastion?" he growled. The three nodded before Xigbar walked in, Xemnas and Larxene right behind him.

"Chill dudes, superior has something to say. So keep your pants on!" he ordered. The entire room went silent as all eyes focused on Xemnas. He was silent for a moment before speaking.

"Everyone, it has come to my attention that our newest member, Kyrie, has been abandoned in Hollow Bastion. Since she is one of us, despite some of your views, we will prepare a rescue party to go and retrieve her. I will leave Xigbar to make the search party. That is all." and with that he left, Larxene right behind him. Xigbar smirked before looking at his comrades.

"Okay, so poppet, tiger, Axel, and Demyx, you lot are with me. Hollow Bastion is a big place and angel is a small woman, so there's a ton of places for her to hide in. Zexion, Lexaeus, stay here and make sure Vexen is ready in case angel has any injuries that need to be checked. Now, let's rock and roll dudes!"

"Aye-aye sir!"

-Hollow Bastion, Kyrie-

"Where…am I?" Kyrie thought as soon as she regained consciousness. She was someplace warm, and something soft and warm was covering her body. She could hear voices, unfamiliar voices. That scared her. She wanted to spring from the bed and run, but she had to stay calm. She shouldn't be scared, she could take out her captors easily if she wanted to. But first, she had to know where she was.

"I wonder how she ended up in the bailey." a girl's voice chirped before another shushed her. She decided to listen in, maybe they could let their location slip while they were talking.

"Yuffie, shush! You must be quiet. We can't disturb her." a soft, kind voice whispered. She scowled a little, nothing useful there.

"Maybe Merlin would know. We'll have to ask him when he gets back." a male voice murmured. She decided she had enough of listening and opened her eyes. She was in a bed in a messy-looking house, where books literally littered the place. There wasn't anyone by her bedside, so she looked across the room and stiffened.

Four people, two men and two women, stood on the other side of the room, near a large computer. The one man had blonde hair and beard, the other, brown hair and a scar on his face. One woman was tall and have braided brown hair, while the other was short, and had black, short hair. One of them, the brown-haired women, spotted her staring at them and smiled.

"Oh, it looks like our guest is awake. Hello, my name is Aerith. What's yours?"

Alright, here's the end of this chapter. Larxene can be such a bitch at times, no? God, fighting her in KH RE: Chain of Memories and Chain of Memories was so annoying, like her stupid laugh. Sadist...er, anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

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