Remind me to never put this many characters into one scene ever again. And watch me just do it all over again.
Sweat raced down Xion's neck. The guilt kept punching her stomach, but she would not let it stop. She knew for all of this time this was going to happen. Yet, for all the times Xion thought that, she reassured herself that everything was going to be okay. That was truly the most stupid and downright naive thing the young girl did in all of her short life, just about over a year to be precise.
"...Xion! Xion, snap out of it!" Roxas shook her with worry in his marvelous azure eyes.
"Xion, answer me! What was the real reason you went to the Realm of Darkness!" Aqua demanded while slowly moving towards Tanith. "Just tell me. How do you have a keyblade as well?"
"Um, Roxas, Xion, look-"
"No, I'm trying to make her answer me!" she interrupted Axel. He glared at her, summoning his chakrams as she spoke.
"...I…" The black-haired girl fell onto her knees. Roxas followed her, but Xion still had this crushing pain in her chest. Just something about those words made Xion desire to cry, desire to just let it all come out. "I...I...I…"
"She won't answer you, you jerk!" the blonde yelled.
"Ven, why are you taking her side? How did you come out-"
"My name isn't Ven, it's Roxas!"
"Everybody just calm down!" Axel shouted. Afterwards, every single person, except for the obvious, focused onto the redhead. "First, who the hell are you? And why did that girl faint when she saw me? Plus, where did that stupid barrier go?" He knew her from his visions, but Axel did not want to worry his two younger friends about him. They were going through enough already.
"Oh, lookie here, it is the little bluebird again. Looks like you survived with little poppet and Ms. Red Drinker-"
"Red Drinker? I've no idea what you're talking about!" Aqua, clearly being overwhelmed by the amount of people around her, noticed that her vision began to blur. She just inched her way towards Tanith, wishing for her to be by her side.
"That was little redhead's name back in her days back in Radiant Garden-"
"Number II, this is no time to be socializing with the enemy," Saix voiced. "We've to bring her to the castle as our prisoner."
"What?"
"Prisoner?" Xion could have swore she could not feel anything at that moment. Everything blurred as she began to close her eyelids. "...This isn't what I wanted…"
"You should've expected that when you got the job, Number XIV." Saix replied. His gaze was as intense as ever, but something still seemed off about it. Xion shook it off, for she had other matters to deal with now.
"Don't you even think you can make Aqua your prisoner without going through me!" Tanith shouted. She seemed to be up again. After what Xion just went through, it did not shock her in the slightest. "And what the hell do you think you're doing too, Isa? Why are you and Lea doing this?!"
"Can somebody just please tell me what's going on here-"
"We're getting what Xemnas wanted that little puppet of yours to find. Aqua," a newcomer laughed. "Oh, my name's Maria if you don't already know. I'm just here to make your job easier for you." With only the look of content spread across her face, Maria pulled on Xion's ponytail. The black-haired girl attempted to get herself free from the girl's overwhelming grip.
"Don't you-" Maria slapped Roxas, which happened to knock him out cold.
"Stop hurting my friends!" Axel summoned his weapons into his hands again, only to be stopped by Saix who was glaring at him. Knowing what that face meant, Axel sighed, still keeping his chakrams by his side. His face was invaded by the pure expression of disgust.
"Can somebody just clarify what in the worlds is going on here?" screamed Aqua. "And I'm not going to let you have me-"
"Just don't break it," Saix told Maria, completely ignoring the other blue-haired person's shouts.
"Yeah, can't be losing little poppet this early in the game," Xigbar chimed in. "Just gotta make sure she has what it takes to bring down two of her dear buddy buds." His hands moved around a lot while he spoke.
"Don't worry, Xemnas already gave me his twenty-five cents about the whole thing. I'll make sure none of its bones get broken or anything like that," responded Maria. Her tone showed that she was enjoying this way too much.
"No, you can't do this-"
"Axel, be quiet or be turned into a dusk." Saix glared at his former friend.
"I'm not gonna to do anything that bad to her anyways. I'm not a demon yet, just a monster." Afterwards, Maria once again summoned a barrier to block the two groups from each other. Xion's eyes gasped when she noticed who was on both of the sides. On the one the brunette was not in, there was Saix, Xigbar, Axel, and Roxas...which meant only one thing.
She was imprisoned with Aqua and Tanith...
"Now, little puppet, how about you being a good girl and fighting them? You know, to make sure that nothing bad happens to your little lover over there."
Roxas opened his eyes again, but then noticed he was in...a place filled with nothing. "Where am I?" Raising to his feet, he could feel the darkness from underneath shatter somehow. The blonde then fell, the only thing breaking his fall was a big stained glass mural of some kind. "What am I doing here? I've to save Xion!" Breathing heavily, the Nobody searched all over the place for some kind of exit...
After what seemed like hours of futile looking, he fell on his back. "...I've to save Xion..." His eyes became heavy, and Roxas could not stop himself from closing them. Unlike his mind, the boy's body relaxed, his breathing becoming more normal. "I've to save Xion...I've to make sure we can have ice cream with Axel again..." Even with that being his main goal, Roxas allowed himself to drift away from the reality he was in.
"Xion, explain what's going on here this right now!" demanded Aqua, her voice loud enough for everybody in the Realms to hear. "How about it, huh, why did you lie to us this whole time?" The blue-haired woman's glare made Xion want to scream. She wanted to scream so badly, but Xion was too terrified to scream. All she could do was hold back tears and shake.
"Aqua, calm down-"
"Tell me, are you working with Xehanort by any chance? Are you?"
"Oh, this is about to get juicy. I'm not leaving this spot for anything," Maria smirked. She crossed her arms. "But, little puppet, you need to fight them still, you know. You knew this was coming, you just lied to yourself about it." It was like Maria was reading Xion's mind, yet the tool with a heart still wanted to live in the denial. There was no way she could force her blade on two of her friends in which she just betrayed.
"Yeah, and what the hell is your problem, you bitch?" Aqua quickly summoned her keyblade and raised it to Maria's neck. The target only seemed bored in response. Xion was still paralyzed.
"Oh my, did somebody spend too much time in the darkness! I thought you were the idealistic, stubborn yet kind one. Darkness corrupts everybody-"
"You need to shut up!" the redhead cried out. Then, pointing her finger towards Aqua, she demanded, "And you need to calm down!" Tanith, who was sweating uncontrollably, grabbed Aqua and pushed her down to the ground. "Please, don't be reckless. Recklessness will-" In a matter of milliseconds, the redhead felt a great mass of pain come into her right eye. She noticed Maria summoned some kind of keyblade, and it was pointing towards where the pain was.
"Tanna!" yelled Xion. Her friend still stayed up, but Xion noticed that Tanith's whole right eye. It was no longer green, just a hub of red and white.
"I'll save you...too..." The keyblade was removed from her eye, causing her to fall down, but Aqua caught Tanith. She was hardly awake, but Tanith still had enough energy left in her to cast a heal and cover her damaged eye.
"And you're the one that's reckless." Maria, unlike how she was earlier on, seemed bored. "That was a little bit sloppy. I guess I'm tired from all the work I put in today."
"You'll pay for this!" Aqua screamed, pointing her keyblade at Maria once more. Maria moved away to Xion, and Xion just stood there.
"If you don't want something like that to happen to all of your friends, fight them now, or I'm doing the dirty work." She showed the blood on the key of the keyblade. Because of that, Xion knew there was only one thing to do. The very thing she feared to do most. Give in.
Requiem-Well, drama is everywhere. Lots and lots of arguing!
Vanitas-Yes-
Requiem-And Aqua vs. Xion is happening! Just imagine how awesome that'll be. Well, anyways, since I'm totally completely alone now, please review and stuff. You know, the usual.
Vanitas-I'm right here, you know?