Chapter 9- The Tower

"So what are we going to do now?" Ienzo asked as they walked through the Station Heights area. Trisha had stopped pacing and was now looking over at the sunset in the west. She seemed quite content by this action and completely ignored Ienzo's complaining.

"I don't know. I want to move on too. Donald and Goofy need saving, but…" Sora turned his head away.

"What?" Ienzo turned back and faced Sora again. "What is it that you were going to say?"

"Well, to tell you the truth," he scratched his head nervously. "I'm all for leaving this world and trying to find more clues in the next world leading to Donald and Goofy, but…well… we don't have a Gummi Ship anymore. I don't know what to do about that."

"Oh. Well, I guess that makes sense too," he sighed and made his way over to Trisha.

"So we're stuck here until a portal magically opens and takes us to another world," Sora crossed his arms and sat down on the ground.

"Well, put it this way. If you give up—" a portal opened in the center of the station doors. "—you'll never find your friends again."

A man with bright spiky red hair and bright green eyes stepped out. He had black teardrops underneath his eyes, and those could only belong to—

"Axel!"

"Hey Sora," the redhead waved, chuckling at his own private joke.

"What are you here for?" he asked eagerly. Sora was obviously excited over the fact that Axel had returned in the first place, he didn't really care what the Organization member did.

Ienzo and Trisha joined Soraquickly enough, both wary at the Nobody's sudden appearance.

"What are you here for?" Ienzo repeated Sora's question.

"To give you guys this," Axel tossed a red munny bag at Trisha. She caught and looked at it curiously.

"Why—"

"Uh, uh, uh," he waggled his finger at Sora, interrupting his question. "Just board the train, you'll know the rest."

With that, he vanished into the darkness once again.

"They don't like to stay long, do they?" Ienzo remarked. "What are you holding?" He turned towards Trisha and glanced down at the pouch she was turning over in her hands.

"It's a munny pouch," she answered quietly. She had a strange tone in her voice.

"What about it?" Sora stood up and looked at the pouch too.

"It looks like Olette's," she lifted it up and showed them. "Olette made her own so there is only one-of-a-kind, it's not possible for Axel to have it."

"Well, that happened before." Sorascratched his head. Trisha dropped the pouch on the ground; her mouth fell open as Sora explained what had happened two years ago.

"But if you defeated Organization XIII two years ago, then why did the Keyblade chose two new bearers? Your job was already complete, you connected the worlds," Trisha wondered.

"I don't know. Maybe we'll find out by taking the train," Sora bent down and picked up the pouch again.

"What if it's a trap?" Ienzo asked, not altogether ready to trust Axel or any member of the Organization.

"Then we'll just fight our way through it," Trisha replied, ignoring Ienzo's negative question. "We need to move on."

"Are we ready to go then?" Sora asked, pointing over at the sliding glass doors leading into the Train Station.

"Yeah, we're ready," Trisha nodded. "Let's go catch that train!"

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"So it seems that Yanxwe has been defeated and destroyed," Xigbar tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat in the meeting hall. The OXR was meeting once again. This time, they were deciding on their moves against the Keyblade Masters.

Draxwen sighed and leaned back in his seat. He had returned to the OXR only to find it in total chaos. It had only taken a few seconds for the leader of the OXR to step down and call a meeting to put the Organization into order.

And from then on? A long, and tiring meeting all about politics.

"We're just missing one member," the leader of the OXR replied back. "It shouldn't adhere to the plans at all."

"Axel, you gave them the munny, right?" Draxwen asked.

"Just as you ordered," the redhead promised. "They should be heading on the train, knowing Sora."

"Then I could meet him again?" Rasxha bounced excitedly on her seat. One of the members sitting near her laughed.

"You could see him whenever you want, Rasxha," the man laughed. He opened his eyes, and smirked at her. "I'll be the next one who meets them."

"You doknow that Xanchilos hasinfiltrated the Castle, right?" the girl, Xnegma, narrowed her eyes up at their hooded leader.

"I've been aware of the situation ever since Yanxwe was destroyed," the female leader mused.

"And what were you paying attention to the rest of the time before that?" a teenage boy pulled off his hood, revealing messy spikes of blonde hair. His blue eyes scanned the Meeting Hall slowly before resting on the leader.

"Organization XIII." Her answer brought silence to the rest of the OXR.

"Chaxelim," Draxwen said, breaking the silence.

"And I wanted to greet Xanchilos," The man who had spoken to Rasxha sighed and disappeared from his spot.

"So what do we do about Xanchilos?" Xnegma asked sharply.

"Deal withhim," the leader shrugged before both she and Draxwen disappeared from the meeting room.

"She makes it sound like a simple task," Xnegma grumbled.

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"Sora, where does this train lead?" Trisha asked.

Entering the Train Station, they had bought three tickets for the train. A purple train had come in almost immediately and they hastened aboard. From there, they remained silent as they watched the buildings go by in blurs.

"When I came here last time, I met Yen Sid," Sorashrugged. Trisha opened her mouth to ask more but—

"Yen Sid? You mean theYen Sid? The famous magician?" Ienzo demanded.

"Yeah. Donald and Goofy told me that Yen Sid taught King Mickey magic a long time ago," the boy nodded quickly.

Ienzo crossed his arms again and glanced out the window once more. But Trisha was having no more of the silence.

"Who is Yen Sid?" she asked.

"He's a famous old Magician who is said to know countless spells and information. It's said that the three witches live in the Tower as well," Ienzo explained.

"They're fairies," Sora argued. Ienzo rolled his eyes.

"Anyway, the only reason we should have to see Yen Sid is if we are in need of information or spells," he continued. "But I don't know why the Organization needs us informed about the state of things in the universe. Aren't we suppose to be kept in the dark so they can continue with their plans to get their hearts back?"

"Too bad for them," Trisha chuckled, kicking her feet up in the air.

The train continued to bump along the track as it raced towards its destination.

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Back at the Sandlot, a portal opened and Xnegma stepped out.

She brushed her hair behind her eyes are approached Yanxwe. She lifted the Dragon fan up and folded it up with one snap of her wrist. The fan vanished in a large array of water bubbles. She bent down and put her hand on the side of his face.

Then she stood up and lifted the older, and much taller Nobody off the ground. She turned at a small gasp and noticed Olette standing a few feet away from her.

Almost immediately, she summoned her fan once more and snapped it open, pointing it at the Twilight Town girl. Her amber eyes narrowed as she lifted the fan higher.

Then—

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

Startled, Xnegma almost dropped Yanxwe. She ignored Olette and whirled around the face the newcomer. Olette took her chance and ran out of the area, intent on finding Hayner and Pence.

It was a short woman who stopped her. Her yellow eyes were bright and piercing, clearly giving her a feline look. Her short, cropped brown hair was cut straight and hung just above her shoulders. She too, wore a uniform of the Organization.

"Daxnama!"

Daxnama, the Lunar Sorceress. Never mind the stupid name, she was well known for her brutal ways, far exceeding Yanxwe's cruel and unusual experiments, and Xanchilos's weaponry.

Number VII in Organization XIII.

"Hello, Xnegma." Her face was still held no facial expression. "It's nice to see you again. Are you following after Srixtha's steps now? Ever since you all left the Organization, I haven't seen you at all until now."

Xnegma let out a snarl and let the darkness envelope her, fleeing from the battle before it began.

"What did you find, Daxnama?" a portal opened on her left and the large and muscular form of Brixsana stepped out.

"Xnegma and Yanxwe," the shorter member answered in her dull and unexcitable voice. "It seems that not all is well in the OXR. They seem to like fighting each other."

"Best if we report this to Xiospha now." Daxnama glanced up at Brixsana and nodded. Together, the two vanished into the darkness.

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"Hey, there's Heartless and Nobodies here too," Trisha remarked as she glanced out the window. Both Ienzo and Sora sighed behind her.

"I'm getting tired of this."

"There's just too many of them."

"Well, come on. At least whenever we destroy one, we release a heart and there's one less Heartless in the universe," Trisha tried to reason with the two boys.

"Well. Let's go. We haveto meet up with Yen Sid and get more information," Sora stood up and waited in front of the door. His Keyblade appeared in his hands as he got into a battle pose.

"Sounds like a good plan," Trisha walked over and stood on his right.

"Sounds like the only plan," Ienzo commented, taking his position on the left.

The train doors slid open slowly and bright light spilled into the purple car.

The trio of Keyblade Masters ran through the doors to face the waiting Heartless.

"Hiyah!" Sora shouted, eliminating 4 Heartless at once in a single swing.

Ienzo took out even more in a single punch.

Trisha whirled her own Keyblade in her hand like a baton, cutting anything that was unfortunate enough to get in her way.

They fought like that for a several minutes.

Then—

"There's just too many of them!" Trisha repeated Ienzo's complaint. The truth hit them all at the same time. They were all tired from taking out the Heartless, though it was easy work, it was a long and tiring process.

"What are we going to do then?" Ienzo asked, kicking the nearest Heartless away from him.

"Run! Make it for the Tower!" Sora made a run for it, Trisha at his heels. Ienzostayed behind to give them a head start against the Heartless. Realizing that it was futile to continue to stop them, he too made a run for it.

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They slammed the large doors shut once Ienzo ran in.

Sora leaned against the door, huffing and puffing from exhaustion.

"That was close," Trisha gasped.

"Too close," Ienzo agreed without complaint.

"Are there Heartless in here, Sora?" she asked, glancing wearily around the hall.

"Not many. A few," he answered. "The only thing you have to worry about is getting up all of these stairs."

"That's a lovely thought," Ienzo said sarcastically. "And the Heartless jump at us while we're climbing up?"

"No. Only at the platforms."

"Shall we get started then? We still have a long way to go," Trisha put her foot on the first step, scanning the advancing steps.

Sora and Ienzo sighed and got up from the door.

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Surprisingly, going up all three platforms was easy. Not many Heartless or Nobodies ran at them. But then there was the 4th and last platform with the Final Door.

"NO WAY!" Trisha and Sora screamed at the same time.

"No wonder there weren't a lot of Nobodies or Heartless on the platforms down below," Ienzo clenched his teeth angrily. "They were waiting up on top."

The last platform had expanded, and a giant ice maze was waiting for them. They could see the door leading to Yen Sid's room but the Ice maze was in the way.

"Do we have to go through that thing?" Trisha whined, turning towards Ienzo.

"I'm thinking." He walked up to one of the outside walls cautiously. He raised his hand and ran is slowly over the surface.

"It's real ice all right," Ienzo turned to look at Sora.

"Maybe Fire could work," Sora summoned his Keyblade and cast his Fire spell at the ice wall.

The small fireball hit the wall, and with a 'pop' and a small plume of smoke, it vanished.

"It didn't even dent it," he groaned.

"You're out of practice, remember that Sora," Trisha reminded him. "Ienzo, can you use magic?"

"No. I was kind of hoping that you could." He sighed again when she shook her head. "Well, I was hoping that it wouldn't come down to this."

"Wouldn't come down to what—" Sora gasped as Ienzo whirled around and slammed his fist into the wall.

With a deafening 'crack', the wall cracked and fell down.

"Ouch…" Ienzo withdrew his fist and looked at it.

"You okay?" Trisha asked walking up to him.

"It feels like it hit a brick wall," he groaned, shaking his hand.

"It should." Startled, the three looked around wildly.

"There!" Sora pointed at the entrance of the maze.

A lone Organization member was standing in the center of the entrance, their hood was up and their arms were crossed, a sure sign that they weren't just there to talk.

"Who are you?" Sora called out.

"Chaxelim," the Organization member pulled off his hood. Like all Organization members, he had a slender figure, though his build was more muscular than feminine.

This member was quite handsome, he had dark brown haircut, his hair just barely passing over his ears on both sides. He had large, dark aqua colored eyes, though they were currently narrowed as his sign of displeasure. He would look undoubtedly cute nonetheless.

"Let us through!" Trisha shouted.

"Are you kidding me? After you destroy my wall, you demand for me to take down the task and give you an easy path?" the Nobody scowled.

"And you are?" Ienzo crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently on the floor.

"I already told you. The name's Chaxelim, no. 10 in the OXR. I don't havea nickname because the author forgot to give me one. And supposedly, she'll ask the readers to send out nicknames because she's out of ideas for a cool person—Nobody—like me."

"And we can ignore that last segment," Trisha rolled her eyes.

"Let us through!" Sora shouted, summoning his Keyblade. "Or we'll make you move!"

"Oh please! Your friend probably broke his fist beating through a wall of ice. What makes you think you can take me down?" he waved his hand and rolled his own eyes. "Geez, I hate women."

"I'm a guy!" Sora screamed.

"Hard to see there," he smirked. "I wouldn't think twice about you being a girl. You just fit the picture."

"Are you going to let us through?" Trisha walked closer up to him.

"Trisha, don't get that close!" Ienzo warned her. Chaxelim snorted.

"Why would I do anything to her? I told you, I hate women. They're so noisy and demanding."

"Why did you ask us to come here if you just wanted to stop us?" Sora demanded, not ready to be kicked out of the picture just yet.

"Oh, I give up!" he threw his arms up in the air and disappeared.

"Hey! Wait!" Trisha ran over to the spot, but Chaxelim had already disappeared.

"This makes things more hectic," Ienzo grumbled. Sora summoned his Keyblade and walked up to where he was standing, all three facing the entrance to the maze.

"Let's go."

They didn't need to contradict her or question her leadership. The boys just followed behind, preparing for any attack that would befall them in the ice.


Characters mentioned in Chapter 9-

Xnegma, no 8 in the OXR

-"The Water Dancer"

Though one of the younger members of the OXR, Xnegma serves as one of the Leader's most loyal followers. She followed the Leader of the OXRever since she was separated from her Other. Xnegma's element is water and her weapon is a giant iron fan with a large black dragon on the inside folds. Though not yet seen in battle against the Keyblade Masters, she plays a powerful role in the fight against Xanchilos and Trisha.

Daxnama, no 7 in Organization XIII

"The Lunar Sorceress"

One of the more dangerous of the neophytes in Organization XIII, Daxnama is cold hearted and silent. She was originally the scientist for the Organization (before they met Organization XIII) alongside Yanxwe, but abandoned her position upon joining Organization XIII. She currently visits other worlds, checking up on their Heartless and Nobody rates form time to time. She admires Xanchilos for his silent personality and his cruel streak.

Chaxelim, no 10 in the OXR

-No current nickname

Chaxelim views himself as Rasxha's older brother, often speaking up in her defense if needed to. His element is ice, making it easy to make slippery surfaces and strong walls. He has avid interest in Xanchilos, being the second OXR member to be ordered to find the renegade wind master. He had less success than Yanxwe and was finally ordered to test the Keyblade Masters.


The character bios are not complete, due to the fact that future information would be given out if they were complete.

What are the real names of Chaxelim, Daxnama, and Xnegma (i probably already did her already)

And because of my lack of creativity, does anybody know an Organization nickname for Chaxelim (i mentioned this in the chapter itself)

Please Review!

edited 04/07/08