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A/N- chapter 12! yay! a kind of bitter sweet chapter.
well , any way, ta da! Capitilo doce! Chapter 12
Her peaceful sleep was soon interrupted however.
"Wake up! You've gatta go now! There's no time for breakfast!"
Emily yawned and blinked her eyes.
"Axel?" she asked, her eyes coming into focus. Axel grabbed her arm and pulled her up to her feet. Emily just stood there, shocked at all the rush.
"Come on. Don't just stand there. Ah jeez." Axel said, grabbing Emily boots and gloves and shoving them in her hands. Emily put them on and asked, "What's going on?"
"Xemnas has been calling for you all morning, and you wouldn't wake up. Now hurry! He's in an impatient mood." Axel said, pacing. Emily finished tying her shoes just as Axel summoned a portal.
"What ever he wants, it must be important." Axel commented as they hurried through the realm. Emily nodded her head, mentally getting herself ready for whatever the day held. When they finally came to their exit, Axel pushed Emily through, without saying goodbye.
"It's about time." Xemnas said, in a surprisingly calm voice. The calm was a scary calm. It was like the eye of a hurricane. The scariest part of the storm. You knew what was coming after it, and Emily didn't want to be there to find out. Emily looked around. Demyx was there. Again? She asked herself.
"It's Sora. Demyx. Your time to prove yourself has come." Xemnas said, staring out his window.
"Yes." Demyx said in a confident voice. His face showed fear and nervousness though. What's he talking about? Emily wondered.
"Demyx, Xensen is not allowed any where near where the encounter will take place. She must be out of sight. Up on the ledge, perhaps?" Xemnas said, making it out to be a command, rather than a suggestion.
"Yes, Superior." Demyx nodded.
"Now go." Xemnas ordered.
With a final nod, Demyx summoned a portal, and motioned for Emily to follow. Once the portal had closed, Emily asked what had been on her mind.
"What's happening? Where are we going? I want some answers this time."
Demyx sighed as he said, "We're going to Hollow Bastion. I have to prove myself to Xemnas here. If I had a heart, it would probably be beating so fast, I'd have a heart attack."
"Hollow Bastion?" Emily asked. Demyx responded with a nod. He then went on to continue. "Sora's there. I've--- I've got to try and stop him." Demyx's face went white. Emily didn't want to make him think about it anymore, so she kept her wondering mind to herself.
"Before I go in there, I've gatta drop you off. There's a ledge you can stand on. You should be safe there." Demyx added. I should be safe. Emily thought.
Their exit was much closer than Emily had thought it would be. But then she figured that the exits appeared randomly. It all depended on where the realm was and the location of where they were going to. She didn't think to heavy on the thought though, it was too confusing.
They exited on a high ledge of gray stone. Below the ledge, there was a lot of rubble. There was a staircase, and a nice mural on the ground. As Emily looked at it, she turned to Demyx to ask him what sort of building had stood there before it was destroyed. Demyx's face had gone very pale again, and he said, "Whatever happens--- I--- just--- never mind. See you around kid. If I--- if I don't come back--- well--- goodbye." Emily wanted to ask him what the heck he was talking about, but he disappeared in another portal.
"Bye." She said softly. She felt sad. She knew that Demyx wasn't the best person for this fighting sort of thing. She didn't want to think about losing Demyx, so she sat down, and peered over the edge of the rock to watch what was happening. She heard fast footsteps coming from the area of the stairs. It was Sora. He stopped running as a dark portal formed in front of him. Demyx! Thought Emily.
As Demyx's body emerged, he let out a gasp, as if he had not expected to see Sora so early. He quickly recovered and said confidently, "Hey, you guys are looking lively."
"Scram!" the duck shouted.
"Didn't we catch you roaming around in the Underworld? With--- with Emily?" Sora asked. Emily gasped. He remembered her! Many mixed emotions welled up inside her, and came out as tears.
Tears of sadness for Demyx, tears of joy for Sora. She didn't know what to think.
"Emily--- you mean, Xensen?" Demyx asked. Sora gave him a weird look
"How'd a wimp like you get into Organization XII? And why's Emily hanging around with you guys?" Sora continued. Demyx stumbled back, and chose to ignore Sora's comment. Sora looked at him, and crossed his arms.
"I bet you can't even fight." he said.
"Yea, but we can!" the duck chimed in. No! Don't fight him! Just give him a chance, Sora! Emily thought. I don't want him--- to go. A wave of confidence seemed to overflow Demyx. He straightened up, and said, in an unshaken voice, "You shouldn't judge anyone by appearance." He pointed his finger to add effect. Sora and his crew summoned their weapons.
Demyx's new air of confidence diminished quickly. He stumbled backwards. Come on! Emily thought. Not sure whether she was cheering Demyx or Sora on. Demyx turned around. Emily heard him say to himself, "Oh. I told them they were sending the wrong guy."
"Who is this kook?" Sora asked, perhaps a little too loudly. The large dog then went on to explain that the Organization was made up of Nobodies.
"Right--- no hearts!" Sora replied.
Emily whispered to herself more than anyone else, "Just because they don't have hearts doesn't mean--- doesn't mean they don't know what it's like to feel…" Upon hearing Sora's remark, Demyx turned around and said, "We do to have hearts! Don't be mad…"
What are you saying!? Emily yelled inside her head. Do you honestly think that's going to stop him!?
"You can't trick us!" the duck said, or at least that's what it sounded like he said. Demyx turned away from them once more, before turning back and using a tone Emily had never heard from him before as he said, "Silence, traitor." He pointed at Sora, who looked just as confused as ever.
Water droplets soon began making their way towards Demyx's hand, slowly escalating into larger and larger amounts of water. The water formed into a large ball just above Demyx's left hand. There was a flash, and the ball began transforming into Demyx's sitar. If it wasn't for the fact that Demyx and Sora were going to be fighting to the death, Emily would have found it amazing. Instead she was scared stiff. She didn't want either of them to lose.
Demyx used his sitar to form water clones, which Sora easily fought through. Demyx had many other tricks up his sleeves. Sora struggled at first, but soon got the rhythm of Demyx's fighting techniques. Emily knew which one of them would win. Tears slid down her face, but she knew that Demyx's demise would mean all the more closer she'd be reunited with Sora.
Emily closed her eyes, no longer wishing to watch this fight. Her eyes remained closed until she heard the final swing of Sora's key blade. He had won. Demyx staggered, hunched over. He fell to the ground, his sitar dissipating into tiny water droplets. Demyx then stood up, clutched his head and yelled for the last time, "No way!" He let out a sickening screech and began dissolving. First just small amounts of him, but eventually the rest of his body. It was as if his body was ashes that were floating up in the wind. Then, he was gone.
"Demyx!" Emily said softly. She began to cry. She sat on the stone, and hugged her knees. She heard Sora yell out, "Anyone from the Organization who'd like to be next?"
"Don't antagonize them Sora." the duck replied.
"Yea," the dog added. "We gatta go help our friends first."
"Oh, sorry." Sora said.
Could he mean--- could he mean Kairi? And Riku? Emily wondered, still crying.
Then another thought hit her. How was she supposed to get back to the castle? She couldn't summon portals.
"Let's go!" the duck cried. Then Emily heard a voice she hadn't heard before. It sounded like a man's voice, but very high. As if he had sucked helium out of a balloon.
"Aha!" the voice said. "There you are!"
Emily let go of her knees and peered over the edge of the ledge. A mouse? In an organization cloak? She asked herself. Sure enough, there was a little mouse standing near the stair case. The mouse walked over to the trio and crossed his arms as if he were angry at them. Just as Emily thought he was about to tell them off, he surprised her by saying, "You sure have lots of friends to help." What's he talking about? Emily wondered.
"So," the mouse continued. "I guess we'd better all pull together and finish this battle for good!" Then the most surprising thing of all happened.
"Yes your majesty!" the trio said in unison. What!? That little mouse is--- is a king!? Emily thought, wide-eyed. As the king moved towards the group, something caught Emily's eyes. A heartless. It was a flying one, and it was buzzing around a large boulder. It shot some sort of laser at it, and the rock flew into the air.
"No!" Emily yelled softly. The rock was flying straight towards the mouse's head. Emily reached out to him, as if she were trying to save him.
"Look out!" the dog cried. He shoved the mouse out of the way, but only getting himself hit in the head. He was instantly knocked out. Emily sat there in shock.
"Goofy!" Sora cried, he and the others running towards the large dog. Goofy--- Emily thought. So that's his name. It fits him perfectly.
"No!" the mouse cried. The duck ran towards Goofy and seemed to mutter something to him (Emily had a hard time deciphering what it was).
"Come on! Wake up!" Sora shouted, shaking him.
"I'm sorry about the ice cream!" the duck apologized. What? Emily thought.
"Goofy?" the mouse asked. The duck began to cry, and he laid his head on Goofy's chest.
"This is not happening!" Sora cried.
"They'll pay for this…" the mouse grunted.
The mouse threw off his black cloak, revealing a red outfit with many zippers on it. The mouse then summoned a key blade. Emily couldn't believe it. Jeez, she thought. How many key blades are there? The duck suddenly got up, running after the king, having some sort of fit. Sora looked up, and reached out after him. He stood up, looked at Goofy, then ran after the others.
After making sure they weren't coming back, Emily slowly tried to climb down from the ledge, proving to be difficult. The rubble helped a lot though. She knelt down next to Goofy.
"Aw. I don't know if I can do anything, but I'll stay here with you. I've got no where to go until someone comes after me." Emily said to Goofy, sure that he couldn't hear her. She sat down next to him, and straightened him up a bit. He looked uncomfortable.
She began rambling things to him. She talked about who she was, how she knew Sora, how the organization had taken her. Goofy let out a soft groan. Emily looked at him. The dog slowly opened his eyes, then blinked them several times.
"Who--- who'r you?" he asked quietly. Emily blinked at him. She didn't expect him to recover this fast.
"I--- I'm Emily." she replied, in a bit of shock.
"I've heard your name before…" Goofy said.
"You have?" she asked.
"Mm hmm. Sora's mentioned you a few times. You're his little sister. Right?" he asked, regaining enough strength to sit up. Emily nodded, trying to help.
"Where'd everybody go?" Goofy asked, realizing Emily was the only one around. Emily pointed in the direction they had ran off to.
"They went that way. Are you all right? Are you sure you can stand up?" Emily asked.
"Well sure I'm sure." Goofy said, getting up with a surprising amount of ease.
"I get hit in the head all the time." Goofy said, walking away. When he realized Emily hadn't moved, he turned around and asked, "Well aren't you comin'?" Emily shook her head no.
"Well, all right then. Sora'll be awfully upset when he hears you didn't want to come." he continued.
Emily thought for a moment before saying, "It's not that I don't want to. It's that I can't. I would love to go. It's--- it's not time yet. But--- but could you tell him--- tell him I say 'Hi'?" she asked, looking at the ground, drawing a circle with her finger.
"Sure. Um… well I guess this is g'bye. Uh--- g'bye!" Goofy said with a wave, running towards the direction the others had gone. Emily smiled to herself, waving back.
Once Goofy was out of sight, Emily began thinking of a way to get back to the castle. She started pacing. How to get out of here. Emily thought. Can I--- She concentrated and tried to summon a portal. Nothing. Never mind… She continued.
"There you are." A voice said from behind her. She gasped and turned around. Xemnas stood there, his long white hair moving in the breeze. He looked down at her.
"Xem--- Superior! I---" she stuttered. Xemnas laughed at her and said, "I knew Demyx would fail again. A horrible loss to the Organization. Now. Come with me Xensen. I want you to be with me in the next part of my--- adventure." he said, sneering with the last word. He didn't give Emily a choice. He grabbed her shoulder and pushed her into a portal.
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