A/N: I'm an idiot...baka baka baka!
Being the idiot I am, I didn't know that AU meant 'Alternate Universe' until my good friend The Waterbender told me. Dudette, you're a lifesaver. Thank you...
On with the fic...
"So, what's my weapon?"
"We don't know yet."
Xaldin and Exandra were in the Gray Room sitting in seats beside each other, with Saix sitting in the couch in front of them reading some sort of list.
"At least give me a hint. Please?"
"We can't really do that without being sure, now can we? No. That would be lying. And lying to the only intellectual nobody here wouldn't be good news. Trust me, the previous Number VI almost killed me when I laughed at his dictionary...I mean Lexicon. If you have any more questions please think before you ask. Your thinking in essential for the Organization."
"Fine", Exandra frowned. She looked at Xaldin and puffed her cheeks and did an annoyingly loud raspberry.
"Oi, shut it!" Saix yelled, his temples showing veins that clearly said he was annoyed.
The two shut up. Exandra sighed which made Xaldin smirk.
Suddenly a corridor of darkness opened and Xodia stepped in.
"Has anyone seen Xigbar or Anvax?"
"No", the three other nobodies replied in unison.
Exandra pointed a finger at Xaldin and grinned. "Jinx!"
"Huh? What?" asked a confused Xaldin.
"It's when two or more people say the same thing at the same time", explained Exandra. "It's said that the one who says jinx sets bad luck on the others."
"Oh...kay?" Xaldin's eyebrows rose as he asked. Exandra giggled at the sight. Xodia managed a quick smile before making a stern face.
"Hey, I asked you a question", he said.
"We heard", Saix said flatly. He didn't take his eyes of the list.
"Doesn't anybody care?"
"Since we're nobodies", said Xaldin, "we don't necessarily have to. We don't have hearts to care in the first place, remember?"
"Whatever", said Xodia and walked away from the Gray Room.
"Hey, Xaldin?" Exandra asked. Xaldin looked at her and sighed.
"What is it?"
"I wanna train again."
"Why? So you can defeat me again and tell the whole world about it? Not a chance, sunshine."
"Well the Superior said that there are more than one type of training. And he told me fighting is one of them."
"Yes...and you're interested because?"
"I wanna fight."
"Really", he laughed. "I mean, really? The thinker wants a fight?"
"Yeah. You got a problem sunshine?" She grinned proudly and pushed her chest up forward...which she shouldn't have done.
Xaldin got a nosebleed and quickly covered it with a sleeve. Exandra looked down and frowned.
"Come on, dude, I'm wearing clothes!" she said annoyed. "Seriously, what the FUDGE?"
"I'm...sorry", Xaldin stammered. During their conversation he had forgotten that she was of the other gender, thus having certain...body parts.
"Oh, dude, you're weak."
"I'm sorry."
"GAH!" she screamed in annoyance and rage. Xaldin was so shocked he fell over with the couch he was on.
Saix looked up from his list and his pupils contracted. "If you don't mind, SOMEONE'S TRYING TO READ!" he screamed. It was loud enough to shake the room and scary enough to make them shut up.
"You're a nobody..." said Exandra under her breath. Saix unfortunately heard her and almost went into berserk mode had it not been for Xaldin's fart. Saix managed a smile and closed his eyes, opening them again to show his usual amber eyes.
"Okay...let's go", said Xaldin as he opened a dark corridor.
Exandra pushed past him by his shoulder and walked through the corridor. Xaldin followed close behind while rubbing his aching shoulder.
As the dark corridor closed Xodia entered the room again.
"Superior I-" he stopped half sentence to look confused at the upturned couch.
"Please, I have a name", he said without taking his eyes off the list. He turned to the second page of the list.
"Right, Saix. Can you, by any chance, tell me where Xigbar had gone off to? I mean which world. Which world was he and Anvax sent to?"
"Number II hasn't returned yet?" Saix said surprised. He looked up from his list.
"No. That's why I'm worried. It's also almost time for our double battle practice."
"Hmm..." Saix said. He put a finger to his chin as he was thinking.
"So can you tell me where they are?"
"Sorry. Yes, I most certainly can. They were sent to Twilight Town for their last mission. Here", he opened a dark corridor leading to a sunny town, "Take this."
"Thank you Superior."
"Hmm..." he sat back down and continued reading his list. It was a hundred question survey from a magazine. He scratched his chin before pointing to a number and smiling.
Anvax sat under a tree and seemed relaxed. In Twilight Town it was not that hard to find a cool place to let steam off. He had found a suitable place for doing just that. I was calm. It was peaceful. It was quiet. It was too quiet. It was annoying.
He got up and summoned Gaia. He hit the tree he was leaning against with two mighty blows, the second felling it. He started to slash randomly all over the now dead tree stump. It didn't take him long to realize he was making a wood sculpture. He started carving the wood with slow and focused sweeps.
After minutes of strenuous work he stood up and put his hands on his hips, and marvelled as he stared at his creation.
"So how are you, man?" Xigbar asked in his usual SoCal surfer accent. He and Axel sat at Sunet Station with sea salt ice-cream lollies in their hands.
"Life's been like a breeze, man", Axel replied before biting a chunk of the melting lolly in his hand.
Xigbar smiled and got back to chomping his own lolly. Axel did the same.
After minutes of the awkward silence Axel decided to break it.
"So, how is it that we know each other?"
"Huh?" asked Xigbar and raised the only proper eyebrow available. "Where'd that one come from?"
"It just came to me", Axel explained in between bites of his lolly. "You know me, which isn't a surprise because technically everyone in the town knows me. The part that weirdsme out is that I know you, but I don't recall seeing you anywhere near this town. I only know you from my dreams...what's it all mean?"
...Hesitation...
"...I'm sorry, I have a little attention span. I lost you after...well, the first word", replied Xigbar.
The redhead laughed and continued chomping on his lolly.
Suddenly a young man with a black coat similar to Xigbar's came running towards the two.
"Guys, come and look at this!" he yelled.
Not only did it attract their attention but everyone in Sunset Station. A crowd slowly formed and headed towards the wood following the young man. The two got lost in the crowd as it continued its movement forward.
A/N: Writer's block is a terrible thing...My ideas are all going crap and I have to choose the least crappy ones...
Also, I'd like to thank The Watebender for being my betareader. You rock dudette! :D