Chapter 21: Xsirch: Escape

I had made it past Twilight's View and had successfully bashed through an ambush waiting for me in Nothing's Call. Crooked Ascension was only a step away from the lower interior of the Organization's castle, but I had never expected to come across a Berserker here. I jumped into the air and tried to slice at the Berserker. The Berserk swung his hammer in front of my Keyblade, absorbing and nullifying most of the damage. Some of my dark Keyblade still hit the Berserker's flesh, damaging the Nobody. The Berserker then shrunk to a miniscule size, and his hammer began slamming into the ground towards me at great speeds. I, however, anticipated this, and dodged out of the way. When the Berserker returned to normal size, I again charged at the Berserker to try cutting it down to size. This time, Last Chaos made contact with its flesh and tore right through it, ending the Nobody's misery in one blow. I turned around and walked down some stairs into a corridor.

"The Hall Of Empty Melodies…" I thought, as I entered said hall through the corridor. I walked quietly, trying to avoid detection. When I walked upon the square, however, the straight pathway leading to my continued path disappeared. Looking behind me in surprise, I also saw the path behind me had disappeared too.

…uh-oh… I thought. Shit. At that moment, a dark portal opened up on the other side of the square of the hall. Saix stared blankly at me.

"Don't you know, Xsirch?" Saix said. He summoned his weapon, a large claymore. "Once you enter the Organization… You can't leave."

"Out of my way, Saix." I growled.

Clash after clash of clanging weaponry was heard throughout the hearing distance of the castle. Saix's claymore was bashing against my dual Soul Eaters. Saix then jumped up into the air, claymore in hand.

"Moon shine down!" Saix bellowed, and in that instant, Saix began glowing an electrical blue. I dodged Saix's charge, ending up behind him. Turning around to strike at me again, Saix was greeted by a jolt of lightning from above.

"Thundaga magic? You honestly think that can stop me?" Saix mocked. Saix charged at me again, but I just stood there, face blank. I dodged at the last second, sending Saix into the dark portal that I had concealed behind my back.

"See ya." I said sarcastically, as Saix emerged into Atlantica. Saix emerged a moment later, face bloodied from running into the wall that the dark portal released him right in front of.

"…Very good…effort, Xsirch…" Saix complimented.

I just scowled. "You don't compliment people. What are you planning?"

Saix then smiled evilly. "You are smarter than I thought, Xsir-!" Saix never finished that, as he was hit with another Thundaga spell. As Saix was stumbling to get back up, he was hit by another slit me, created a dark portal behind me, back flipped into it, and popped out right next to Saix in midair, kicking him in the ribcage with such a force that a loud crack was heard.

I think I broke his rib.

As Saix grunted in pain, I unleashed more slashing combo attacks on him, before firing a barrage of Dark Firagas at Saix. Saix couldn't take any wasn't even sweating.

"Saix… You suck." I said. I stepped into my dark portal, and emerged in The World That Never Was.

As I walked down its empty streets, I saw a figure leaning on a building. Axel.

"Your mind's made up?" he asked quietly.

"Why did the keyblade choose me?" I asked in response. "I need to know."

"You can't turn on the Organization!" he said angrily. "If you get on their bad side, they'll destroy you!"

"No one would miss me." I said. I started to walk away.

"That's not true…" Axel said sadly. "I would."

I merely opened a dark portal to Twilight Town, and stepped through.