Okay someone gave me this title for the story. If you don't know what the word means look it up. Until I deiced to change it back to its original title or someone gives me better its gonna stay. (It fits...but yet it doesn't this is stupid!)
I figured I had to update sometime. I mean this has been sitting in the folder in forever and a day. I decided I wasn't going to get a Beta for this one and just write it. Cause...I really like this one for some reason. This story mind you is gonna be a bazillion chapters long. I was gonna make this chapter longer. But I ran out of idea's ^^'
----Axel----
My stomach growled. God I'm hungry. I sat up from the position on the floor and looked around, there was obviously no other door. I had to take the door that Demyx shoved me through, and I also had a few choices. I could:
Wait here for someone to come save me, this was a safe place but I'm really hungry....could leave and hope that I don't run into anyone or anything that I would have to fight. Go out and find something to eat or go out and look for Roxas who was still MIA.
I sighed and laid back down, so many choices. I was defiantly leaving the room but I also doubted there was anything to eat here. Do demons even eat real food or just souls? No that's ghosts isn't it? I shook my head and pushed the thought away. I couldn't remember anyway. I stood up, stretched then sauntered over to the door, Demyx had to be gone by now, hopefully no one else was there....
Once I reached the door I grabbed the doorknob and held it there. I closed my eyes and yanked the door open. Aw shit.
It was locked.
---- Zexion ----
I blinked a few times and attempted to move my arms, they hurt A LOT! I winced and tried to move other part like my legs, they were tried down to the bed and- awh shit did I end up drunk and sleeping with someone again? If I am this is defiantly new, aren't they supposed to untie you after- I paused.
Wait. I forced my eyes all the way open, I was in a medical room. There was a beeping sound beside of me and some other stuff you see in a medical room. A flash hit me and I was standing in the medical room, looking at....me?
The other Zexion, who was a bit shorter and younger, was standing beside a bed apparently fixing up someone with gray hair and orangeish looking eyes ( Me: It Xemnas btw). Someone I think I knew but I couldn't place the name.
The other younger Zexion started talking. " Almost done, Sir."
"Thank you, Six. Vexen has taught you well." Younger Zexion nodded and kept on working till done.
"I'm done, Sir."
"Thank you, Six."
A short pause
"Sir, why do you call me Six?"
"That is your number from whence you joined the Organization. You are the sixth one to join, hence the six. I call everyone by his or her number, to let them know that they are apart of this Organization. Like you, Six. That is who you always will be until we complete Kingdom Hearts of course. Number Six, Zexion, of Organization Thirteen."
The flash came back and I was back in the bed.
"What the hell was that all about?!" I accidentally screamed out loud.
"You were having a flashback of your well...other past." The voice said. My head shot up to see Demyx sitting in a chair with a McDonald's bag. He got up and started to untie me. "Here, I brought you some food."
I carefully sat up and stared at the bag then at Demyx.
"What...? Not going to eat it?" Demyx smiled " I didn't poison it, promise. I'm not trying to kill you." Actually him poisoning it didn't even cross my mind, I was just stunned that he even bothered to bring me food.
"Why...?"
"Huh?" Demyx looked up from whatever he was doing and tilted his head.
"Why aren't you trying to kill me? And who the hell are you?" Demyx sighed.
"Okay, you're memory is not coming back as fast as Axel's is...or was...which ever...I'll try my best to explain." Demyx took a deep breath then let it out slowly.
"Yes?"
"Okay, my name is Demyx. We both are from Organization Thirteen, a group of Nobodies, ones without hearts. Understand yet?"
"I thought they were myths."
"No, we are real."
"We?"
"Yes, we both are Nobodies. You see for a while I was possessed by Alik-i but didn't know it, weird things happened, of course it was too late to stop it . He let himself out once he was strong enough and now...here we are, he erased all of your all's memories and are living fake lives. Because of me."
"You...?" How was it his fault? He was the one possessed.
"Yes, mine. You see he was just going to kill you all off, erase you from the world since we didn't have hearts anyway. But he had the power to give you hearts. So I made a deal with him. I would work for him if he would give you a real...well real enough life. Heart and all." He looked away. "But unfortunately Axel somehow found a way around all this and his memories were partially erased but still knew what was going on. He kept it a secret from the longest time. But Alik-i somehow found out and now is going to kill anyone who knows because he's afraid they would tell."
"But wouldn't they think he was crazy?"
"Yes, but Alik-i doesn't want to take the chance."
"Ah, I see. But you know, wouldn't that include-"
"Yes, I knew he would possibly plan to kill me off sometime when he didn't need me anymore. I was willing to take that chance I guess."
I stared sympathetically at Demyx then realization dawned on me. "How do I know you're telling the truth?" Demyx's head shot up and he stared at me then he hung his head a bit.
"Well...I guess you just have to trust me. I really don't want anyone to die. I'm trying to get us back together as Organization XIII again." It took a minute to process what I was being told, well to tell the truth I was very confused and I needed to think about all this. Demyx obviously understood and turned back to what he was doing to let me think.
I started to subconsciously eat the chicken nuggets while I thought. Over time Demyx had moved away from his project and sat into a chair listening to his ipod.
"Steal the night
Kill the lights
Feel it under your skin
Time is right
Keep it tight
Cos it's pulling you in
Wrap it up
Can't stop cos it feels like a overdose." He sang quite loudly though I didn't mind it. Anything but the silence was just great to me.
How was this all possible anyway? I kept asking myself over and over again. Demyx never did ask if I wanted to ask questions out loud. I didn't like talking out loud, Demyx seemed to know that. Seemed like he knew me more than I knew my self. Seeming as we all were living a lie for years. So all that munny I saved up for college wont matter now? Of course not, I've probably missed to much classes they've kicked me out.
I sighed and look up at Demyx, who has his eyes closed, singing quietly and slowly dancing with his arms.
" Oh, oh, evacuate the dancefloor
Oh, oh, I'm infected by the sound
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Mister DJ let the music take me underground."
"Demyx." Demyx some how heard me over the incredibly loud music and pulled the earphone out of his ears and turned it off.
"Yup?"
"What was I like?"
"What do you mean?" Demyx put his ipod away.
"What...what was I like as a Nobody?" Demyx smiled.
"Just like now sorta. Just less emotional, like all of it gone."
"I was boring?" Demyx laughed.
"Well, I couldn't say you were very exciting, but you could be awesome when you wanted to be."
"Like how did I act?"
" Pretty much stoic. Rarely smiled unless, well that one time we were having a ' sleep over ' in Axel's room. Meaning, Axel, you, Roxas and I. Well we were playing truth or dare and Roxas was trying to get Axel to kiss Larxene. She's-"
"She was a bitch. I remember her." I said out of awe, I could see her face and all of us there in Axel's room at the 'sleep over'. "And Axel wouldn't do it so we just gave up the game, Axel went to light his fireplace and...it burn most of his wall down and some of his hair and when we walked by you could see Axel with a bandanna on or the blankets he always attempted to cover up the wall." I chucked. "That was funny."
Demyx pulled me into a hug "Oh you remembered! But there's thirteen of us. There is Xemnas, the guy you saw in your vision." I went to say something about how he knew but he continued on.
" Xemnas is our leader, don't mess with him, unless he's in a good mood. Then there is
Xigbar: Number Two, The Free-shooter. He's like Axel, sorta. I'm not sure how to describe him.
Xaldin: Number Three,The Whirlwind Lancer. He's kinda scary, but is a good cook.
Vexen: Number Four, The Chilly Academic. He was your teacher, but stay away from him now. Trust me.
Lexeaus: Number Five, The Silence Hero. He doesn't say much unless he's with you. Dunno why.
Zexion: Number Six, The Cloak Schemer. You live in a different castle. Castle Oblivion. That doesn't matter right now. But you would come back to the Never Was Castle, this one, often.
Saix: Number Seven, The Luna Diviner. He's Xemnas' pet, he gives you your mission. Don't worry him getting mad at you, he's always mad about something Axel did.
Axel: Number Eight, The Flurry of Dancing Flames you already know him. Cocky, arrogant...he's the same. Whatever you've seen, that's how he always was.
Me:Number Nine,The Melodious Nocturne: Well lets see, I was pretty outgoing, perky, loved to have fun. Average teen." He smiled and winked.
"Um there's, Luxord, Number Ten, The Gambler Of Fate. He's good at card games so don't play anything that involves stakes, he'll beat the clothes off of you, literally. He's also British." He said like that meant something but continued on.
" Marluxia, Number Eleven, The Graceful Assassin. He's head of Castle Oblivion, where you stay. That's all I know about him.
Larxene, Number Twelve, The Savage Nymph. aka The Bitch." No further explanations needed.
"Then Roxas, Number Thirteen, The Key of Destiny. He's as bitchy as Larxene at some times. Best friend of Axel, uh, Nobody of Sora. Wielder of the Keyblade....uh yea that's it."
"Wait! wait! Roxas is Sora's Nobody?"
"Yup, that's why Alik-i uh, killed Sora you could say. If Roxas remembers and goes back to Sora, who can defeat him, he can't. Because Sora is dead." Demyx paused. "That's why we need you. You're the only Nemocracer I know."
"...but I haven't done that in forever. Plus its against the law." We stayed silent for a while. "Okay, lets say I could do it but how would I even get near Sora? You saw what he did to me!"
"You're a hunter and you are afraid of Sora?"
"I'm not the hunter like Axel is! I just taught him the basics and then he went on his own after that. I don't know much about it. Plus its illegal to do Nemocrasy. Raising people from the dead and back to life is against all rules."
"All rules?" Demyx questioned. I was remembering now...everything was coming back to me.
"Yea, the rules. Where do the dead go?" Demyx paused.
"Heaven? Hell? Nowhere?"
"Hades. Then their fate awaits them there...till a Nemocracer pulls them out. It's often used by the Catholics, its done wrong and never works. But when it is done correctly...well the person who done it, disappears."
"Hum. You think Hades is doing that?"
"Yes, and I don't want that to happen to me unless the situation is absolutely dire."
"And you don't think this is dire?" He nearly yelled. "What is dire to you then? You want to see all of your friends die? The Organization- or the people that were in it-erased? Gone? Forever? Don't forget Zexion, you're in this too, if Alik-i comes for them, he'll come for you also." He said with a dark tone. I had a few bright lights flashing in my eyes and nearly fell over.
"You have to leave. Namine must be in trouble, she's working faster than usual."
"Namine? Who's that?" Demyx growled.
"Stop asking questions!" I shut my mouth, nice Demyx gone. Enter mean Demyx. He opened a corridor and shoved me towards it. "Get out. Find someone that can help you..." He looked at me "Axel, yes, find 's in Twilight Town. And remember, don't tell anyone about me, as far as you know, I'm dead."
"But-" Demyx shoved me all the way into the corridor.
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"Oof!" I landed on the ground with a thud. I sat up and looked behind me as the corridor disappeared. Axel's in Twilight Town? I thought he was stuck in the castle.
"Hey, you, what are you doing here?" I looked up to see three people coming towards me. One with a beanie hat, a girl with hair like mine, and one with huge muscles. I stood up a and brushed my self off, wait, I didn't remember wearing these clothes. I was wearing a black t-shirt with a skull on it, tan cargo pants and black chucks. "Hey, I'm talking to you, shorty." I looked up at the guy who was calling me 'shorty'.
"What?" I asked monotonously. I didn't have time to deal with them.
"You need to move on." The guy with that hat said commandingly. He was obviously in charge
"Who are you, exactly?"
"I'm Seifer. This is Fu and Rai. We are the towns disciplinary committee." Disciplinary committee? What the hell was that?
"That's nice, but I guess I will go on my way." I started to walk away before Fu and Rai stepped in front of me.
"Not so fast." He also walked in front of me. "You new? Never seen you around here before."
"Uh." I wasn't supposed to let people see me- wait - "I'm Zexion. Yes I've never been here before, just arrived."
"Why were you on the ground?"
"Uh, tripped?"
"Clumsy much?" I rolled my eyes.
"I need to find someone, if you'll excuse me..." He put a blue bat like thing to my chest.
"You'll have to struggle me first. If you win I'll get you go, if not, you'll just have to stay with us." I gritted my teeth. Jerk.
"Struggle?" I tried not to sound aggravated.
"Yea." He shoved a blue bat like this into my hands. "You fight with it." I grabbed a hold of it. Great...Seifer walked up onto a platform and stood there. "Well are you coming or not?" I sighed and walked up also. Fu stood in between us and held out her finger counting down. 3..2..1..
"Fight." She said quietly and Seifer came running towards me. He swung and hit me on my side; I winced. I had forgotten about the cuts there...stupid Sora. I rolled over as Seifer took another swing at me. I pushed myself back up and as he got close enough I swung and our weapons crashed together.
We both jumped back breathing heavily. I looked around and noticed a small growing crowd had formed, from parents to little kids. Do people seriously watch this stuff?
"Look out!" Some girl cried out bring me back to focus as Seifer swung for my head. I ducked and hit him as hard as I could with the bat which caused him to stumbled forwards. Some of the crowd was cheering now, chanting ' Go! Go!' must be me since they don't know my name. And some were cheering for Seifer.
Speaking of the devil he has come back for me and started swing fearlessly. I jumped away at every swing, but I was getting tired...I stopped as he swung at me again, ducked at it nearly missed my head and hit him in the chest. He jumped back...the fight continued on for a while, we had a huge crowd now that was standing room only.
I had a bruised cheek and I think some of my wounds re-opened but were not bleeding, just sore and leaking out this clear substance staining my shirt. Seifer gave another powerful swing which knocked me to the ground. I struggled to get up but Seifer hit me again, and again and again. He finally stopped and let me breath then the counting started by Rai.
"One!"
I breathed slowly, in...out...in...
"Two!"
In...out...in...
"Three!"
out...in...out...in..out...
"Four..!"
In, out , in out in out in out
"Fi-" Bam! I had gotten the strength to get up, and when I did I hit Seifer as hard as I could in the face then the stomach. Which knocked him to the ground, he groaned but didn't get up. He rolled over to face me then smirked.
"You won." The crowd gasped. What did the jerk not often admit that? Well obviously not buy the people's faces. Rai counted to five and sadly proclaimed it done and I had won. Personally I really didn't want to do that again. Ever. The crowd cheered my name. Fu was talking to some people who were asking for my name, then they started chanting my name over and over. "Thank you." I bowed and some girls started giggling like mad.
I sighed and got down from the platform. I had to find Axel...I made my way through the crowd who were picking up their things and telling me congratulations and ect...I started to go through the people making my way out of that area. Before a hand was placed on my shoulder.
"My name is Zexion."
"Yes I know you."
I looked at the man who had put his hand on my shoulder...he looked familiar, he had his long hair in a pony tail, a eye patch covering his right eye and some scars were featured on his face. "Can I help you?"
The guy just smiled "Dude, you don't know who I am?"
"Uh, some famous guy? I'm new here so if you are, I have no idea who you are." The man frowned and removed his hand.
"I'm Xigbar." He paused. "Are you sure you don't know now?" I stared at him and nodded.
"No idea." He sighed.
"Okay guys, we can go." He called out and two guys came towards us...one I did sorta recognize. The man with a orange eyes looked at Xigbar and Xigbar shook his head.
"Alright, lets go." The guy with the orange eyes said. It pulled at me. Like I was supposed to be following those orders...oh he looks so familiar! Who was he?
"Have I seen you somewhere before?" All three of them turned to me.
"Which one of us?" The man with the orange eyes asked.
"You...you...."My eyes widened oh I just had it. " Emphras?" The two beside orange eyes chuckled. Obviously not it. "... Never mind I think I've got the wrong person." They all gave me blank expressions which made me a bit nervous. "Well uh, bye." I started to walk the other way before two of the men grabbed my arms.
"Common Zexion, remember." The guy with the creepy old face said. (Me: Yes, its Vexen lol).
"...I'm trying to look for someone. And obviously you know me, so, you know Axel?" Orange eyes perked up.
"Axel? You've found him?"
"Well, no not exactly. De- someone told me he was here."
"I see...Well then you better get looking for him." Orange eyes held out his hand "I'll reintroduce myself, I'm Xemnas." Another flash. I remembered now....though I wish I could remember without the flashes because they were getting quite annoying.
"Uh, Organization XIII right? Leader guy?" Xemnas nodded.
"Correct, at least you remember one of us." I shrugged,
"I know who you all are, uh Xaldin and Vexin."
"Vexen." Vexen corrected me. I didn't respond but just walked away.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Xemnas demanded. I turned back to him.
"We are not part of the Organization yet, I still have my heart. I don't know about you but I'm going to take charge of what I do for myself for once." I stated and kept walking. I saw Xemnas' face and he looked pissed, when this was over, I was going to get yelled at for sure. But its true, I'm a real person. I smiled to myself thinking I sounded like Pinocchio. ' I'm a real boy! ' Except its ' I'm a real man! '. I shook the nonsense thoughts out of my head and kept searching.
---- Axel ----
I smiled as I swung my feet on the Clock Tower. It had been FOREVER since I had been here. It's different this time though, I'm not just coming back from a mission with ice-cream in hand to meet Roxas but worst part is, no Roxas. It just felt weird, and wrong. But I was happy to get out of the castle, my powers are coming back so I could open a portal.
I stared blankly down at the town bellow me deep in thought, till I saw someone walking to the station. It looked like a certain, short, slate haired boy. I decided to go say a small hi.(Me: You know, he left around the corner, however they do that.-,__-,)
"Zeeeeeeexyyyy!!!" Zexion turned to the sound of his[what he thought] horrible nickname and got glomped. "I thought I'd never see you again!!" I started snuggling up to him. We were drawing attention now, I knew Zexion hated attention. Especially with all this PDA I'm giving out. Zexion pushed me away.
"Axel! Stop that!" He growled and stomped away.
"Awww, Zexy, you know you love me." Zexion glared at me and kept walking. "What happened to your cheek?" Zexion stopped and glared daggers at me.
-- Zexion -- (cause...I like writing his POV better)
"You wanna know? Well first let me show you something else." I barely lifted up my shirt to reveal all the stab wounds there, and my arms, and legs. "All this is from Sora, he nearly killed me!!" I was so close to screaming everything but I've had enough attention already.
"From Sora?"
"Yes!" I hissed. "I nearly didn't escape with my life!! If he hadn't of saved me I would be dead!!"
"He? Who's he?" I opened my mouth to say but then remembered...
' And remember, don't tell anyone about me, as far as you know, I'm dead. ' Demyx's voice echoed in my head.
"Uh, I dunno" I lied "Someone who was in filming all of it."
"Filming? Right...its an attraction now. But are you sure you don't know who?" Axel asked staring at me.
"Yes, positive." I lied again. I was a pretty good lier considering I could keep a straight face the whole time.
"Hum, well that was nice of him to go into all that. He survived and you didn't? You're the one with the magic." Uh oh, think fast!
"Yes he um, I snapped Riku out of whatever daze he was in and the guy knocked the knives out of the way so it missed me, and Riku attacked Sora, so we got out." Axel hummed.
"I'd like to meet him." Shit...
"Later."
"How about now?" God, was I that easy to read?
"We have to find Roxas."
"He can wait." My eye widened. He can wait? Why was this so important he was willing to put Roxas second?
"Well um..." Axel opened a corridor. "They're probably not there..."
"They work 24 hours, I highly doubt that they aren't there." I paused trying to think of something quick.
"The whole scene could have-"
"Are you hiding something?" He cut me off.
"No."
"Then lets go." He grabbed my arm and pulled me into the corridor.
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"They'll come for you eventually. You're too important in so many ways to be lost." He chuckled evilly. "People like you and Axel are regaining their memories faster than I thought. Lucky for you I'm not going to kill you yet, I have to take care of someone else first. ."
I growled lowly "Who? Demyx? What did he do?"
"I will soon have no more use for him, like Vexen, he was fine for a good while. Though Vexen was a bit more faithful in his own contract."
"So this is what it's about? A contract not properly followed?" He turned and glared at me.
"It's just not about the contract dear Roxy, it's what happens in it. You see, as long as Demyx does whatever I bid him to do, he gets to keep his friends alive. If not, they you all are gonna poof out of existence. I did it once and I can do it again."
"Whatever."
"I don't think you realize how important you are, dear Roxas. You and Sora both, if I can get you both out of the way....but Sora keeps resisting and you...you were too easy. I expected you to give more of a fight. Too bad for you, can't be as strong as you're other half, the 'pure' side."
"You son of a bitch you don't know a thing about us."
"Oh yes I do, I've been around since Demyx came into the Organization. Vexen was going to give me someone weak so I could take control faster, but oddly enough Demyx was stronger than we had expected." I hummed
"Well..." I trailed off not knowing what to say.
"Well...? I say well your friends won't be here anytime soon. They have to persuade Sora to come with them, poor Zexion took quite a beating he did. Tch. Pity."
"They're stronger than what you know."
"Everyone but you?"
"Shut up, well since I'm going to die anyway and even if they do save me, aren't you going to tell your plans or something?" Alik-i laughed.
"Well, I guess I could. Though I've already accomplished it for the most part, I just need to get rid of you all...and Demyx."
"Is Demyx something special?"
"Somewhat. But I'm not telling you why."
"Is he your weakness or something? Still chained to him?"
"Stop asking so many questions."
"Well I'd like to know-"
"YOU don't NEED to know ANYTHING!" He yelled. "Stop testing me, I haven't even bothered to chain you up and lock you in the basement...yet. So just shut up!" I rolled my eyes then slumped down to the cold floor.
"So rude."
"Roxas, I'm thisclose to-"
"Sir, someone wants to speak to you." Alik-i and I turned our heads to see Demyx standing in the door way. Alik-i sighed.
"Well Roxas, seemingly as Demyx got you out of your punishment I have to take my leave. Don't worry, I'll be back." He smirked and walked out the door. "Demyx, make sure to lock the door, if he gets out, its your fault." He said as he rounded a corner disappearing. Demyx and I stared at each other for while.
"I'm sorry." Was all he said before shutting the door then a soft click. I waited till I was sure he was gone and walked over towards the door. I wondered if my...opening locks power thing was gonna work here.
I put my hand on the knob and summoned up energy to open it but not before a electric shock jolted me backwards. I stood up and walked back over to the door, 1..2...3..shock!! I held my hand there though, I more energy I tried to summon the shock would just get stronger. I wasn't sure how long had been trying to open it with my hand getting electrocuted and it was starting to go numb. I gathered as much energy I could muster in my being and put it into it...not too long before it felt like my hand was going to fall off I heard a click.
I smiled and let go off the knob, I shook my hand out and feeling instantly came back...good. I'd hate to lose a hand. I pushed the door open and looked around to make sure no one or anything was around.
There were four ways to go. Right, left, straight or back. I decided to go straight and hoped nothing would jump out at me. I walked down the dark unfamiliar hallway, I walked until I found a single door.
It had writing on it but I couldn't tell what it said because it was so dark. I squinted and attempted to read it. "Eight?"
What did that mean? The eight door? I put my hand on the door, unlocked it, pushed it open and peered inside.
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