Smashing Sitars
Chapter 10
"What do you mean that I can't be your second in command?!!" Lighting flashes around Marluxia as Larxene throws a temper tantrum.
Marluxia yelps and hops around, avoiding the deadly strikes. "As I told ...you XeMNas...ordered XIGbar...to be mINEee instea...COULD YOU CEASE WITH THE LIGHTNING SHOW PLEASE!!!!"
Larxene groans and stops the lightning, much to the assassin's relief. She leans against the wall of Memory's Skyscraper, still fuming.
Marluxia steadies himself, "Thank you Larxene. Now as I said, I don't agree with this plan either. I actually suggested to Mansex that you be my second instead, stupid Superior."
Marluxia folds his arms in anger, tapping his foot. He sighs, looking quite pissed off at the thought of having Xigbar as his babysitter.
Larxene growls, sparks coming off of her weird strands of hair, "Xemnas..ggrrrrr..I swear I'll fill him up with so much electricity he'll glow like a lightbulb!!!!!"
Marluxia groans, "I would love to let you do just that but we can't just kill him....not without help that is.....I'll think of someway to make him pay, don't you worry..." He turns to see Zexion coming towards them.
Zexion is bandaged up from his burns. He has bandages all around his head, covering up his right eye and his arms are bandaged up to his elbows. He looks like he just was in a car wreck instead of fire blasted.
Marluxia cringes, "Awww, man. Zexy, did you just get back from Vexen?"
Zexion nods, "Unfortunantely I have second degree burns...I'm lucky it wasn't third degree. And Vexen decied to go overboard with the bandages, I look more like a mummy than Xaldin in Halloween Town."
Larxene shakes her head, "How the heck did you not duck? According to Luxord you were the first to sense the fire blast."
Zexion looks down, his face red in embrassment, "I was frozen in fear....."
Marluxia and Larxene look at him, "Fear? You....were....afraid?"
Marluxia walks up to Zexion, "Zexy...we don't have hearts, how could you be afraid??"
Zexion shrugs, "I don't know." He looks very confused, which is very weird behavior for the schemer.
Zexion notices how mad Larxene looks, "Um, Larxene, you ok?"
Larxene shoots him a death glare, "No, I'm not ok....I'm furious!!! Stupid Superior." She sits on the ground, in an effort to stop the spark show from happening again.
Marluxia chuckles nerviously as he runs his hands trough his two-toned hair, "Well, me, Xigbar, Larxene, Vexen, you, Luxord, Axel, Demyx, and Roxas are to report to Castle Oblivion."
"Castle Oblivion? I thought for sure that Xemnas had destroyed it.....So, who's our leader?"
Maruxia grins, "Well, if you must know...I have been made Lord of Castle Oblivion...."
Zexion looks at him, "No...really. Who is our leader? Xigbar?"
Marluxia looks hurt, "I'm not lying, I've been intrusted to watch over the castle while Xemnas, Saix, Xaldin, and Lexaeus stay behind to repair the castle. Speaking of which we should be going, Xigbar has probally got the rest of the members there already." He disappears in a portal, leaving Zexion and Larxene alone.
Larxene grins at Zexion, "Hello, Zexy." She flirts with him.
He yelps and disappears into a portal, quickly escaping the seductive Larxene.
Larxene growls, "Why is every fucking guy in this place scared of me?" She disappears into her own portal, heading for Castle Oblivion.
***
Axel sits on the edge of the pit that once sorrounded a complete Castle That Never Was, looking down at the nothingness below him.
"Demyx and his stupid pranks....." He growls, trying to fix his hair.
He hears a portal open up behind him. He looks back and sees Luxord, Roxas, and Namine syanding behind him.
"Hey guys, see you found her." Axel says, getting the last of his spikes right.
Namine looks down, "I'm sorry...I just wanted to draw something besides Kingdom Hearts..."
Roxas sighs, "Nobody has explained any of this to me yet.....What is Kingdom Hearts, what are those Heartless creatures, how do you make a Corridor of Darkness, and...and...." Roxas looks up thoughtfully, "What am I, why am I so important to the Organization?"
Axel looks up at Roxas, "Oh, right, you never went to a meeting....too much went on before you could." He stands up, "Well, I guess I'll have to explain it to you. Naminie..a little help."
Naminie grabs up her sketchbook and opens it to a dawing of a teddy bear.
Axel points to it, "Imagine that this is a normal person. This person has been unaffected by the Darkness."
Roxas looks at the horrible drawing in confusion.
Naminie flips the page, showing a black teddy bear in replace of the other teddy bear, "This is what happens to the person, or Somebody as we call it, when darkness consumes the Heart. The black one is called a Heartless, they are basically creatures created from a stolen Heart. The Heartless are beings of darkness which manifest in two forms, "Pureblood" and "Emblem". While most Heartless are in fact manifest hearts, they behave entirely devoid of emotion, and were thus named "Heartless". Any questions so far?"
Roxas looks at the drawings curiously, "Yeah, why do her drawings suck?"
Namine growls and slaps Roxas in the face with the sketchbook, "Just shut up and pay attention."
Roxas twitches on the ground as Luxord laughs at him.
Axel sighs, "Never make fun of her drawings Roxas....As I was saying..." He looks at Namine, "Namine, next page...."
Namine jumps, "Oh, sorry..." She flips it to the next page, revealing a Black teddy bear with a Heartless symbol on its chest and one beside it that was just pure black.
Axel points the the jet black one, "This is supposed to represent a Pureblood. Pureblood Heartless are the natural Heartless, born when people's hearts are normally consumed by darkness. They are jet black in color, with yellow beady eyes. They are more common in places that are close to or saturated in darkness, such as The World That Never Was. Upon their destruction, they simply disappear in puffs of darkness." Axel points to the one with the Heartless Symbol on it, "Emblem Heartless, on the other hand, were originally created from machines that reproduce the process of a heart being consumed by darkness. Afterward, stolen hearts can become Emblems. They have more varied shapes, colors, and are branded with Ansem's symbol to differentiate them from the Pureblood ones. They are more common on the worlds within the Realm of Light, and usually mimic the shape of creatures or objects within that world."
Roxas just looks at the pictures, rubbing the bump on his head, "Ok, so what am I..Xemnas said I don't have a heart...so." He looks up, "What are we, we aren't Somebodys are we?"
Axel shakes his head, "Next page, Namine.."
Namine flips it, revealing a silver teddy bear with a Nobody symbol on it and one with an Organization Coat on it.
"These are Nobodies. Nobodies are born when a Heart is swallowed by darkness and becomes a Heartless. They are the remaining parts left behind by the heart: the body, giving a Nobody form, and the soul, giving the Nobody life. However, only those with a strong will are actually able to continue on as Nobodies." He points to the silver teddy bear.
Roxas spots the second teddy bear, "Wait, so what's the one with a cloak like ours?"
Axel grins, "That, my friend is also a Nobody. We are Nobodys, we have no heart and we don't exist, well according to Xemnas anyway. However we are the bodys of an extremly strong hearted person. So we retained our human appearance with a few minor changes in appearance. We also aren't supposed to have emotions but I really don't believe half of what Mansex says."
Luxord shakes his head, "Axel, just continue with the lecture so I won't have to explain to the lad about anything else."
Axel glares at him, "Why can't you do the lecture? Huh, English man?"
Luxord growls but recomposes himself, "Because, he is YOUR apprentice and thus YOUR responsibility."
Axel groans, "Fine...so Roxas, any questions?"
Roxas looks thoughfully around and stops as he spots a Heart shaped moon in the sky, "Well, what's that??"
Axel looks up, "I'll explain that in a minute, let me finish explaining the Organization... The Organization are after our hearts, so we can become 'whole' again. And that's why we have that heart shaped moon in the sky. Its actually Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all worlds." Namine flips through the sketch book showing a perfect drawing of Kingdom Hearts, she then turns it showing a picture of hearts floating towards it., "Kingdom Hearts is a collection of Hearts that collect together after a Keyblade destroys an Emblem Heartless.."
Roxas looks at his hand and summons one Keyblade, it takes the form of the Kingdom Key, "So, I'm important because I can collect the Hearts and make us whole again."
Axel nods, "Yep. I see you figured that all on your own. And now to explain the Corridors of Darkness." Namine flips the page, showing a diagram of a portal, "Corridors of Darkness are unpredictable pathways that interlink the worlds. We use these to travel quickly from world to world, just concentrate all your power to your right hand, and imagine you're making a hole. And you should have a fully formed portal." Axel summons a portal in front of him, "See?"
Roxas nods, "Yes. Thanks, I was kinda getting annoyed that I didn't know anything."
Luxord grins, "You mean I was getting quite annoyed with it. It was like talking to an infant."
Roxas groans and looks down, his face red in embrassement. Axel noggies Roxas's head, twisting the already spiked hair into a tangled mess.
"Axel!" A voice calls, freezing the 4 nobodies in fear.
***
Demyx high-tails it through the many alleyways in The Town That Never Was.
"I can't believe I got away with that. Hhahaha." He grins happily.
He turns a corner and runs headfirst into something. He falls on the ground, holding his head in pain.
"Oww....that hurt." He looks up and yelps.
He looks in awe as he spots Saix's Claymore lying on the ground in front of him. Demyx looks around, looking for Saix, to see if he should run away now. Demyx sighs as he doesn't spot the crazy moon man. Demyx stands up and walks over to the Claymore, looking at it closely.
"Hey, It looks like my Sitar!!" Demyx picks it up off the ground, having little trouble picking up the heavy weapon.
He admires the strange weapon, and of how it feels in his hands. He grabs it by the handle and swings it around, qutie surprisingly weilding it better than Saix himself.
He then turns it around and pretends to play it like a sitar, "It feels like my Sitar, but its not, this is weird." Demyx looks at the weapon in curiosity.
A idea pops into Demyx head, "Oh, his element is the moon, and water is controled by the moon...sorta."
He smiles and swings the Claymore around him, enjoying himself. In the midst of that swing he hits something. He freezes as he hears someone hit the ground. Demyx gulps and drops the claymore turning to see who he hit. What he sees frightenes him down to the core.
"Demyx!!!!" Saix growls out, pushing himself up from the ground.
Saix had evidently came back to get his Claymore, Lunatic, when he was hit by Demyx with his own weapon. Saix's pride was now injured, to be taken down with your own weapon was not something the man liked to happen to him.
Demyx backs up, scared to death, "Saix.....S-sorry I didn't...didn't mean..RUN AWAY!!!" He runs as fast as his legs can carry him.
Saix growls and chases after him, his Berserker form in full blast, almost like he was a werewolf again. He grabs up his claymore and purses the young Nobody, his rage calling for blood. Demyx skids around the corner as Saix throws the Claymore at him, Demyx just barely escapes the deadly weapon. He looks behind him, yelping in fear when he sees the maddened Saix dashing after him.
"O MY GO..oof.." He is stopped suddenly when he slams into a wall, falling to the ground.
He sits up, holding his nose, "Why do I keep running into things?"
He freezes as he hears breathing behind him, rough and ragged. Demyx gulps and turns around, uncovering his face. Saix stands behind him, grining in glee as he has finally caught up to his prey.
Demyx stands up and summons his Sitar, "Look, I don't want to fight but I will if I have to."
Saix grins evilily and lunges.
***
"Axel!!!" they here a voice call and then a horrifing scream, too high pitched to not be Demyx followed by a slam.
This cuts off the scream abruptly, sending chills down their spines. They stand there frozen, not able to move. They spot someone coming towards them, out of the shadows, carrying something on their shoulder. They recognise that it's Saix but can't figure out what's slumpped over his shoulder. They gasp as they realise its Demyx. Saix throws Demyx, down on the ground, the Sitar slammed over his head.
Roxas looks in shock, "D-demyx.....what did you do to Demyx?!"
Saix shakes his head, "He got in my way. Now, you 4, report to Castle Oblivion and take this 'thing' with you."
Axel growls, the air seeming to get hotter as he glares at Saix. Saix rolls his eyes and disappears into a portal. The 4 Nobodys rush to Demyx's side.
Luxord grasps the Sitar, trying to unlodge it from around Demyx's head, "Saix has gone to far this time, attacking Demyx. Demyx can't even fight that well, so he had no excuse to beat the boy to death."
Axel grabs ah old of the Sitar, too, trying to help Luxord, "I swear, when I get my hands on Saix....I'll burn him till he's ASH!"
Demyx starts to come too, only seeing the inside of his Sitar. Demyx starts to struggle, thinking that Saix is the one yanking on him.
Roxas grabs his arm, "Demyx, calm down. Its us, Roxas, Luxord, Namine and Axel." Demyx relaxes slightly.
Axel growls, trying to pull the Sitar off, "Demyx, if you're awake, try UNsummoning your Sitar."
Demyx replys with a muffled 'ok.' They wait but nothing happens.
"Crap, its stuck up there tight." Axel says.
'Guys, I feel kinda light headed...' Demyx says, still muffled.
Luxord stops trying to pull it off, "Was that supposed to be a joke?"
'no...I really feel dizz..' Demyx goes silent as he passes out again.
"Ah Crap!! Where is Vexen when you need him?" Axel groans out.
A portal appears behind them with Xigbar stepping out of it, "Look Ax. I know you're mad but I have to take you and .... Castle...." He looks at Demyx and looks back at Axel and them. Xigbar growls, "Axel, I know you were mad but you didn't have to take it out on Demyx!!!"
Axel growls, "It wasn't me, you can blame this all on Saix. Evidently Demyx got in his way."
Roxas is starting to panic as Demyx is still unconsious, "Xigbar, do you know where Vexen is?"
Xigbar nods, "Yeah, at Castle Oblivion."
Luxord sighs, "Great, lets take him there so he can..." Luxord stops as he finally notices Xigbar's new haircut. Luxord smiles, "I'm quite flattered that you have finally took my advice and got a new hair style, it looks good on you."
Axel and Roxas look at Luxord, questioning his sanity. Xigbar growls angrily, for both Saix beating Demyx up and Luxord's comment.
Axel sighs, "Luxord what are you.." He looks in shock at Xigbar finally noticing his cut hair"..pffttt....HAHAHHAHHAHAHHA. Damn, who'd you piss off now Xigbar?! A weed wacker or Xaldin?."
Roxas looks at Luxord and Axel, "um...hello. Demyx in pain here..."
They snap out of making fun of Xigbar and helping the knocked out Nocturne to his feet. They enter a portal and arrive in Castle Oblivion, dragging Demyx behind them. Axel and Luxord lay him down on the ground, carefully so as to not injure him further.
"So, where's Vexen?" Roxas says, looking around.
Luxord sighs, "I'll go find him, just stay here, on the 3rd floor." He disappears in a portal.
Roxas and Namine sit beside Demyx, worried about his well being.
"Why does it seem Demyx always gets in trouble?" Roxas's asks.
Xigbar shrugs, "I guess its because he doesn't like to fight back so...bad things happen to him."
Roxas looks at Demyx, When is Luxord goaning to come back with Vexen? I hope he's not in too much pain. He looks sorrowfully at Demyx.
***
Lexeaus groans, "Superior, how are we supposed to fix the castle? Why can't we let the lesser Nobodies do it?"
Xemnas growls, "Because they can't do anything right and I want to make sure its done right."
Saix nods in agreement, "Dusks can never be trusted to do anything, take Dox for example. He tried to kill us."
Lexeaus gulps, "Oh, yeah. Forgot about that." He looks around , "Hey, where's Xaldin?"
Xemnas and Saix look around in surprise. The Whirlwind Lancer nowhere to be seen.
Xemnas growls, "I thought he was with you?! Damn, he must have left."
Saix looks at Xemnas, "You want me to go find him?"
Xemnas shakes his head, "No, he's not worth the energy. Lets just get started working on the castle." Xemnas turns around, 'Though we could've used his wind powers to our advantage' He mumbles to himself.
Lexeaus shakes his head, "Where could he have gone this time?"
***
Xaldin groans in anger as he sits on the ground, some little kids tugging at his dreads. They have weird blue marks on their skin in the form of tattoos. Xaldin sighs as he is also covered in the weird marks, his black cloak turned into the tribal attire that the locals are wearing. The number 3 in Roman Numurals on his left cheek, glowing blue. He looks down at the kids.
"Could you leave my hair alone, now where is the castle here?" He says in a gruff voice.
The kids look up at him and mearly smile at him. He groans and slaps his face.
With his hand still on his face, "Where-is-the-castle-to-this-world?" He growls out.
The kids look more scared and back away from him. He sighs and looks at them, "I'm sorry. Where is the castle, please?" He tries to calm the children down.
"What's a Castle?" One pipes up as the rest of the Atlantians start to notice the stranger.
Xaldin slaps his forehead once again. Finding a replacement castle is going to be harder than I thought.
Yes, Xaldin is on a castle hunt so he won't have to help the Superior repair the old castle. Doesn't look like he's off to a great start. I'm sorry, I couldn't resist the instrument over the head. It seem like something that could happen to Demyx (that could actually happen to me too) I just couldn't stop myself. I'm sorry to all the Demy fans out there. I myself am one of them and even I cringed imagining this up. I wonder if Axel will still try to pay him back for that prank after this? You can only find out if you check out the next chapter. I might try and make a Halloween themed chapter next time, hopefully (crosses fingers in hope) I'll try to have it up here by Halloween or maybe Halloween at midnight so maybe November First. I'm so happy, I'm going to Nekocon on November the 6, and I'm going as...DEMYX!! I of course won't have the Sitar, unfortunately as it will be in the repair shop, cause Saix did slam it over my head (Just read story) I will be joining Axel and Marluxia, which are two of my best friends. I hope Nekocon is a good experience to me. Please review, I love reciews and they make my day. And don't forget to vote on my polls on my profile as I still need lots of votes before Thanksgiving. Please vote, its to help my other story Away From The Sun, if you know of any different answers for the poll please leave them in a review under Away From The Sun. Thank you, Chow.
I don't Own Kingdom Hearts characters.
Oh, and yes, I made a reference to one of my favorite shows on TV, Bleach, with the whole, Axel explaining stuff to Roxas with Namine's drawings. The drawings are supposed to look like Rukia's drawings and It seemed perfect to do since Namine use to draw horrible pictures one some of them. Half of them don't even have faces if you look closely.
I don't own Bleach either.