Me: Hello, everyone. I have convinced one of my friends to make a fanfic account and even managed to get him to be in our little talk shows. This is MaleficDragon, the creator of Quas and Malix.

Malefic: Hello.

Axel: Great! Another torturer?

Malefic: I'm not mean like Blade!

Me: No. You guys are lucky that my friend here is not as bloodthirsty as I am. *laughs evilly*

Malefic: Anyways...while Blade is having his moment, he doesn't own the Kingdom Hearts character. He does, however, own Roxas and Xion. Wait a minute...*rereads paper* You do not own Roxas and Xion.

Me: Of course I do. They're my slaves. You never knew that?

Roxas: We're Blade's SLAVES?

Axel: Blade, you can't have them as slaves! You have to go through me first!

Me: Oh?

Axel: Yeah! Because they're my slaves first!

Xion: What? That's a lie!

Malefic: Of course it's a lie.

Axel: You want to make something of it?

Me: Hey, hey, hey. Don't get all punky on Maly here. He's my friend and only I can bully him. Got that?

Axel: Yes, Blade.

Malefic: Thanks, Bla-hey!


Tuesday's Team

"Xion, your mission today is to investigate this world," Saix handed the girl her assignment.

"Okay," she said. "Has Roxas been found yet?"

"If he was, we would have assigned him something," Saix glared.

"Not a good comeback, Saix!" Xion laughed, running into a dark corridor.

"Wow! This castle is so pretty!" Xion smiled as she walked through the corridors. It was really grand and beautiful. The Nobody looked around. Where was everybody? She shrugged. She was bound to see someone soon.

"Hey! What are you doing out?" shouted somebody. Xion turned to see a boy strolling up to her. He had brown and gray hair, making it hard to determine his age. He wore a black shirt with a long jacket and graying pants. On his neck hung the Keyblade Master symbol.

"What?" Xion asked in surprise.

"What a minute…" the boy stared hard at her. Suddenly, his hand shot out and grabbed hers. "Come with me!"

"Hey!" Xion tried to resist, but the boy was too strong. She half-walked, was half-dragged, through the halls behind the mysterious boy. They passed by many empty rooms until they got to a closed door. Xion saw the words "HEADMASTER" in gold, bold letters.

"Let's go," the boy dragged her inside. Xion glanced around quickly, surveying the room. It could do some cleaning, she thought. At least most dolls were kept in the cabinets…her eyes fell on a lump of gray with black-and-white hair.

"Blade," the boy released Xion's hand. He walked over to the other and started to shake him. "Blade, wake up. Blade? Blade? BLADE?"

The head groaned. The boy breathed a sigh of relief.

"Claw? That you?" Blade mumbled.

"Yes, it's me."

"Did I scare you?"

"Hell yes! You scared me! Sleeping as if you're dead! I've known you for too long and yet don't know you."

"I was just grading some papers. You know I have a tendency to sleep when something bores me."

"Right. I found someone," the boy turned to look at the Nobody. Blade followed his gaze and gasped.

"Xion!" he jumped up and ran over. He held her hands, "You haven't changed a bit!"

"Blade! It's nice to see you too!" Xion laughed.

"I hear happiness!" a blonde came inside.

"Shut up, Flash. Did you dye your hair again?"

"Yep! You should dye your hair too, Clawy! That makes you look like an old man!" Flash went over and hugged him.

"I said shut up. And get off me," Claw leaned away. The boy leaned with him.

"Why are you here, Xion? Shouldn't you be at the Castle That Never Was?" Blade asked.

"I'm on a recon mission," Xion replied. She grew worried at Blade's suddenly grave expression. "What's wrong?"

"Try summoning a dark corridor. Now," he barked the command. Xion took a step back in surprise. Then she lifted up her hand and summoned a black corridor…at least tried to…

"What?" the girl asked in surprise.

"Great. She's going to be staying too?" Claw growled.

"I'm afraid so," the Headmaster sighed. "She's better than Roxas of course—."

"Roxas is here?" Xion asked in surprise.

"I think he's been here for about two weeks, am I right?" Flash wondered.

"You're right."

"I knew you cared about me, Clawy!"

"Stop calling me that."

"Here's your schedule, your room number, and uniform," Blade handed Xion two pieces of paper and a set of clothes. "Oh, and the map." He added another piece of paper.

"Wait! What's going on?" Xion asked. The three boys exchanged a glance.

"I'll explain! You see, Xion, you're not seeing, good, you're seeing. You see—." Flash was stopped short by a gloved hand over his mouth.

"Thank you, Claw!" Blade raised his hands in a blessing gesture.

"I'll explain," Claw growled. He glared at Xion with angry eyes. Xion tried to swallow. That was the first sign, she knew, that she was in big trouble.

Xion checked her paper, "Room 130 of the second floor. Right." She looked at the door. On it were neat numbers: 130.

Claw's lecture wasn't so bad, considering how Flash would interrupt every ten seconds and how Claw would constantly tell him to shut up and how Flash would whine to Blade about it and how Blade would respond with an insult and how Flash would start hugging Claw to get away from Blade and how they would start to argue and how Blade would have to pick up from where Claw left off and how Claw would continue when the two were done fighting and how the cycle would repeat until finally Blade duct-taped Flash's mouth.

Xion knocked on the door. A blonde girl opened the door. She had on a pink nightdress and her long, golden hair fell naturally down beneath her shoulders.

"Hello. Can I help you?" she asked.

"Hi. Sorry, but I'm a new student. I'm supposed to room here. I'm Xion," the Nobody held out her hand. The blonde smiled.

"I'm Zelda. Nice to meet you. Did you just come here this morning?" she asked. "I'm sorry! I'm being impolite. Come in," Zelda opened the door wider. Xion walked in with her suitcase. The room had three neat beds with three nightstands. An Asian girl was laying on one of the beds, reading a manga. She had on a complete, yellow Chinese attire. She looked up from her book.

"Xion? Is that you?" she sat up, placing a bookmark in her manga.

"How do you know me?" Xion asked in surprise.

"Oh, I know everyone from Kingdom Hearts. I've played the whole series," the girl smiled.

"Sonya here is a true anime fangirl. Ask her any anime and she'll know the whole story line. Her closet is simply overflowing with mangas instead of clothes," Zelda laughed.

"Who needs clothes when you got anime and cosplay!" Sonya giggled.

"What were you reading right now?" Xioin asked curiously as her other new friend helped her unpack.

"Tsubasa Chronicles," Sonya held up the manga. "I'm almost done with it." She sighed dreamily, "Fai and Kurogane are so handsome!"

Xion looked a question at Zelda. The girl shrugged, "She gets like that every time there's a cute anime boy."

"And I happen to know that you really like Lavi from D. Gray Man," Sonya sing-songed. Xion laughed at Zelda's blush. As the Nobody slipped on the school uniform, the bell rang.

"Oh! Time for class. Let's see…Xion, you have Double Team Class B with me," Zelda said. "Let's walk together."

"Thank you," Xion smiled. The two started down the hall. "So when did you start going to this academy?"

"Oh, I started when I was really young. My parents wanted me to know how to act like a princess so I can get a good husband. But all I really wanted to do is to learn how to fight. A lot of guys tried to court me. I proclaimed that I would only consider the man who beats me in battle. And I beat all the would-be suitors. Some men they are!"

"Wow." That would explain Zelda's polite language. They finally reached their Double Team B class. Xion looked curiously around the room. They had arrived pretty early and some students were even here yet. Time passed quickly, however, and the bell rang, signaling the start of class.

"Safe!" two boys ran into the room, out of breath. Naturally, the whole class stared at the two late students.

"Roxas!" Xion jumped up from her seat and hugged the stunned boy.

"Xion?" Roxas asked, astonished.

"Ah…I don't get a hug?" the boy next to him laughed.

"What are you doing here?" Roxas asked Xion.

"I'm taking classes here. I can't RTC for some reason."

"Me neither. Blade took me here."

"Blade's nice to let us stay here, isn't he?" Xion smiled.

"Nice?" Roxas snorted.

"Hey, when you guys are done, we'll like to get class started, you know," Quas said.

"Sorry!" the three students apologized. They sat down next to Zelda. She waved hi to them and smiled. Xion noticed how the other boy blushed and looked away awkwardly. She whispered to Zelda and they both giggled.

Quas looked at her seating chart and then the class, "Hello, Xion. Blade told me you're coming today. We really just started so you don't have to worry about catching up."

"Thanks," Xion smiled. Quas smiled back.

"Are we still teaming up to battle?" a student asked.

The albino next to Quas nodded. He pointed to Xion and Zelda and gestured them together.

"Malix says that he wants you and Zelda to pair up. Sorry, he's mute," Quas added. "Also, you're up against Roxas and Liam."

"WHAT?" the two boys yelled in astonishment. Malix gave a silent chuckle.

"We're going to cream you!" Xion shouted from her side of the field.

Pairs of students were assigned to battle against other students. Multiple fights have already been commenced. Each battle tests the students' ability to work together for the most points.

"I'll like to see you try!" Roxas yelled back.

"And GO!" Quas shouted.

"Firaga!" Zelda pointed her Magical Spring Keyblade at Roxas. The Nobody managed to dodge. The fire blast flew past him, singeing his uniform. A giant BOOM came afterwards. Roxas looked up to see Xion swinging her Keyblade at him.

"Xion!"

"Hey, I want to get a good grade in this class. If you can kill me during 358/2 Days, then you can try and kill me now!"

She swung again and again, Roxas blocked. As the two Nobodies fought each other, Liam found himself face-to-face with Zelda.

"H-h-hi," his voice quivered. A little voice in his head was telling him to stop star-gazing and commence with the battle!

"Too slow!" Zelda smiled. She released a dangerous strike to his head. Liam barely dodged it. As he ducked, she reversed the grip on the weapon and brought it down on his head. A loud THUD stopped most students from their fights to see the loud noise. The boy's eyes glazed back and he fell to the floor in a heap.

"Liam!" Roxas yelled. Xion took the opportunity to knock Roxas out.

"Sorry, Roxas!" she said as her friend lost consciousness. Zelda ran over to her with a cheerful smile on her face. They high-fived each other.

"Well, Zelda and Xion get A's. I pity Roxas and Liam so they get C's. Paramedics!" Quas added. Four white cloaked people who looked like Arabian traders ran into the room. Each had a white mask to cover their face with a narrow slit for their eyes. Two placed Roxas on a stretcher and the others did Liam. The paramedics then ran back out of the room, leaving Xion to wonder if she accidently killed her friend.

Roxas groaned as he sat up from his bed. He glanced around and saw Liam drawing on a piece of paper. Liam had a bandage around his head.

"You're awake," he said simply.

"Are you all right?"

"I'm fine," the boy said in a monotone. Roxas suddenly grew worried. This wasn't Liam at all.

"Liam…"

"Hm?"

"Do you remember the Headmaster?"

"Yes."

Something was definitely wrong. Every time they brought up the topic of Blade, Liam would shiver and start yelling to stop the conversation. How could he take it so calmly now?

"Roxas?" Xion and Zelda came into the room. The boy pointed Zelda.

"You! What did you do to Liam? He's all looney now!"

"What? All she did was hit him on the head!"

"Well, his head's all scrambled now thanks to her!"

"I'm sorry, then," Zelda said. "I'll get a doctor." She left the room quickly, but Roxas could still see the hurt look on her face.

"Roxas! Why did you do that?" Xion asked angrily. "Zelda's been really nice to me!"

"I hear anger," Wyren's head popped in. He glanced around, seeing the tension in the room. "Umm…David's here too?" that statement did little to calm down the air.

"Look, I'm sorry. Happy now?" Roxas snapped.

"NO! I'm NOT!" the girl yelled. Even Liam winced at the volume she mustered.

"What's happening?" a paramedic came in with Zelda trailing him. The paramedic was dressed in the typical fashion of a long white robe with a red cross on the left breast, white pants, white headdress, white mask, and white rope belt. His eyes darted between the two Nobodies.

"He started it!"

"She started it!"

"You guys sound like a couple of kids," David groaned.

"You stay out of this!" the two Nobodies glared at him. The boy nervously stepped back a pace. Safe behind Wyren.

"You two, calm down! You're lucky the Headmaster's not in the academy right now," the paramedic said.

"Blade's gone?" Roxas asked in disbelief.

"Yeah. Went someplace far away…really far away…at least his monthly pains are over," the paramedic walked over to Liam. The boy was blissfully drawing away. He took out a syringe with a toxic-looking liquid and stabbed him right in the arm.

Liam howled with pain, cradling the arm, "What did you do that for?"

"All better," the paramedic's mask crinkled slightly. Roxas realized that he was smiling.

"Blade has monthly pains?" Xion asked curiously.

"Yep. If I remember correctly, he got them when he was going alone on a trip. Blade was a bit power-hungry when he was young. You know how we are," the paramedic rolled his eyes. "So he found a deity who has the power to grant any wish you like. Not like a rub-the-lamp genie. This deity wanted something in return for the wish. So Blade traded pain one week, once a month, every year for even more power. He was pretty strong when he was young, Blade was. Anyways, this deity was something of a sadist. He loved to see pain be inflicted to others. So he accepted the offer. And now you know."

"Wait. How do you know this if Blade went alone?" Zelda asked. The paramedic started to exit the room.

"Well, naturally, I was there. First-person point of view too," he left the room. Roxas wasn't too sure, but he thought he saw some black-and-white hair under the headdress.

"Was it just me or was that really Blade?" Xion asked.

"I have no idea. I didn't even know the Headmaster's name!" Wyren laughed.

"I think that was him," Zelda said.

"Why would he want us to know about his pain?" David asked. "That was a stupid trade-off."

"I have no clue," Liam replied. He kept rubbing his sore arm.


Me: Are you going to stay for some other chapters, Malefic?

Malefic: Maybe. I'll see if I have time.

Me: In Japan terms, that means "no".

Malefic: I promise.

Me: You never keep your promises...

Roxas: Please, MaleficDragon! Stay with us! Don't leave us here with Blade!

Me: Come on! I'm not that bad...

Roxas: You stabbed Liam in the arm!

Liam: And it hurts too!

Me: I can do something to get your mind off that arm.

Liam: What?

Me: I can inject a painful liquid which has the power to kill you in 1 second.

Liam: *faints*

Roxas: PLEASE, MALEFICDRAGON! STAY HERE AND KEEP BLADE IN CHECK! I'M BEGGING YOU!

Malefic: We'll see.

Roxas: That means yes! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Axel: Ha! Xion's stuck with Blade.

Xion: Really, Axel? We've moved off that topic like 30 minutes ago!