Heh, I had to go check and see where I left off the last time, 'cause I didn't remember. Silly little forgetful me. Thanks for the reviews, they're much appreciated!
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Part three! Part three! Who's excited? Raise your hands! This one's a few hundred words shorter than the other two, but whatever. At least I updated.
I was going to actually have Luxord go in Saïx's room or at least talk to him in the last part, but that would have completely thrown the story off. Sorry if there were any disappointments in me not putting much of Saïx in. passes box of tissues to Saïx fangirls
I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Hell, I don't even own the game, my brother does, though. But I have played and beat it, and it pissed me off to no end when the Organization members died. pouts They were the best characters, and needed to be in the game more. That way I'd know how to make them act. Riku was pretty cool, too.
I've never played Chain of Memories, so sorry if the characters in this part are out of character. Vexen will end up out of character, most likely, because I know next to nothing about him. It's your fault, not mine!
In the last part of this 'epic' Luxord was going down to the sixth floor. The floor where Zexion, The Cloaked Schemer, resides. Or, used to, since he 'died' in Chain of Memories. Maybe he's not dead, though? Ooooo. Suspense. On to the story!
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The hero (or at least protagonist) of this story had reached the sixth floor, and was walking over to the door to Zexion's room. He knocked, loudly, three times, because three is his lucky number. A voice came from inside.
"Who's there?" the voice belonged to Zexion, of course. There was something strange about it, though, it sounded a bit different. Number VI didn't sound like his normal bored, 'leave-me-alone' self. He sounded a bit giddy. Could Nobodies even be giddy? Apparently so.
"It's Luxord. May I come in?" Luxord (obviously) answered.
"It's open."
Luxord opened the door (which wasn't really open, but unlocked) and walked into the room. Sitting on the bed, to the left of the door was Zexion. Luxord walked over to him, and sat down in the chair of the desk, that was to the bed's right. He looked at the short man (he was barely a man, looked like he could have still been a teenager) and saw that he was doing a Sudoku puzzle. He'd just started, and was in… the easy section of the Sudoku book? Why would Zexion do an easy puzzle? He was far too intelligent for that. Maybe he was just bored, but, then again, he was always bored.
The man (boy) with silvery-purple hair looked up from his puzzle. "What are you staring at?" Zexion's voice was back to normal. It almost sounded like he was actually saying "Leave me alone" instead of "What are you staring at".
"O. Nothing. Just seeing what you were doing," Luxord replied, shocked out of his thoughts.
"It's not like it should matter to you. You're here. Why? Are you looking for something? Lost more cards? That's the only reason you've ever been in my room, before. Well, other than that time you needed help with a crossword puzzle because you didn't know what the Periodic Table abbreviation for gold was," Zexion spoke, in a monotonous voice and cracked a cocky smile.
"Not knowing the Periodic Table does not make me stupid. Maybe I don't want to be 'friends' with Bill Nye the Science Guy, like you," Luxord said with great sarcasm. Gentlemen can be sarcastic, too. It's all part of their charm, and Luxord is very charming. It's all part of his attraction. "And, no, I didn't lose my cards. My last pack was stolen and I'm trying to find it, or at least who took it."
"I haven't seen your CAWDS, and I have no idea who took them or where they might be," Number VI said, with a touch or sarcasm and emphasizing the way Luxord said cards. That's why it's in capitals and italicized. "But I do have some information that might help you," he said, putting his book of Sudoku down. He'd only filled in two squares of his puzzle.
"And what might that be?" Luxord crossed his arms, with a look of interest on his face.
"To get cards, you could go down the canyon, across the valley, and through the forest of evil, evil trees to the Quikki Mart and buy some more," Zexion now had a devious gleam in his left eye and smirk on what was visible of his face.
Luxord twitched. He had been expecting to get information on who might have taken his cards, but this was just unbelievable. "Damn you! Do you know how many times I've heard someone say that today?"
"Four, now?"
"Yes… Four. How did you know?" he asked, curious.
"A guess?" Zexion said blankly.
"Good guess…" Luxord trailed off, then sat in thought for a moment. Zexion eyed him, and then spoke.
"And you're still here, why?"
"O, no reason. Just thinking. I probably should get to Lexaeus's room, then. He's next on my list," Luxord said, while getting up and walking towards the door.
"You won't find him in his room. He's in the gym. Or, at least he was the last time I knew…"
"Alright. I'll remember that. But I should probably check his room just in case…" said Luxord, as he placed his right hand on his chin, while his elbow rested in his left palm. "Thank you, Zexion. For the little bit of help you offered."
"Mmph." Number VI had gotten back to his Sudoku puzzle, by the time Luxord said that. Sensing that his presence was bothering Zexion, he left the room, not hearing the laughter coming from the hallway as he went down the stairs to Lexaeus's room.
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Ignoring what Zexion said about Lexaeus being in the gym, he knocked on Number V's door. Luxord heard heavy footsteps slowly heading for the door, which opened to show Lexaeus's face, looking out, then he opened the door wider and stepped out. The two had always gotten along well.
"Ah, hello Luxord," Lexaeus greeted him. "What are you doing down here?"
"O, you know the usual--looking for my cards," Luxord offered a weary smile. "My last pack has gone missing. Someone stole it while I was sleeping, last night and I've been asking around for it all day (night)."
"I see. How many decks have you lost--I mean, how many decks have been stolen in the last few weeks?"
"Seventeen, including the one from today. It's rather irritating…" Luxord rolled his eyes.
"I would imagine, so. Have you thought about going down the canyon, across the valley, and through the forest of evil, evil trees to the Quikki Mart to buy some more?" Lexaeus suggested.
Luxord patted him on the shoulder. "Lexaeus, if you weren't one of the people that I get along with well in this bloody castle, I would have hit you for that." X smiled, and V gave him a slightly confused look. "So what have you been up to, lately?" Luxord asked casually. Small talk.
"Nothing much…" The Silent Hero said and scratched his shoulder. "I just started a book a few minutes before you got here; I just got back from the gym." He didn't look sweaty, though he probably had a light workout and he did say it was a few minutes ago.
"Interesting. Is it another book on physical sciences or geography? Maybe archaeology?"
"Actually, lately, I've taken up interest in fiction. The book I'm currently starting is called Dante's Inferno. It's a very long poem, about the seven layers of Hell and everything in between. Rather interesting," Lexaeus explained to the younger Nobody. Luxord (along with Zexion) was one of the few people that could get Lexaeus actually talking. He was called The Silent Hero after all, and didn't talk much.
"Sounds interesting. But I prefer cards over reading, so I must be off. Have to find who took them."
"Good luck on that search, Luxord," Lexaeus said, and then stepped back into his room.
"Well that almost had no use…" Luxord muttered to himself before setting off down the stairs to the fourth floor, where Vexen's room was.
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Yes, now Luxord is outside of Vexen's door. And he knocked on it. And he knocked again. And he knocked again. There was no answer any of the times. He knew that Axel most likely wouldn't have minded if he entered into the redhead's room, but Vexen he wasn't so sure of, so he knocked again. Finally, someone called from inside.
"What… do you want?" it was Vexen (surprise, surprise), and he seemed kind of pissed off.
"It's Luxord. Can I come in?" Luxord didn't exactly answer the question, but he didn't really care. If Vexen wasn't going to be a gentleman first, he himself didn't have to be a complete gentleman back.
"Whatever…"
Luxord entered the room, the cold air conditioning hitting his body and making him shiver slightly, then he noticed Vexen had been performing an experiment (that we shall not go into detail about) in his room. Number X wondered why he didn't just do it in the lab. By the look of things, and Vexen, Luxord could tell he'd been working on this for awhile, maybe even over night. Materials used in the experiment were somewhat messy, but not as messy as Vexen appeared. His normally pretty, straight sandy-blonde hair looked unkempt, as though it hadn't been brushed all night or the current day (night). Vexen himself looked tired and had dark circles under his eyes.
"Vexen, did you stay up all night working on something?" Luxord queried (that means 'asked', the author used a big word crowd cheers).
"Yes."
"Why didn't you do it in the lab? There's probably more materials to use and better equipment down there?" Luxord asked, incredulously.
"It's none of your concern as to where or how my experiments are performed…" Vexen stated, closing his eyes indignantly, and turning away from Luxord to clean off the equipment in his room that were used in the experiment.
"Alright… Well, I was just here to ask if you've seen a deck of cards of mine. You see--"
"Yes, I already know. Somebody stole them from you and you're looking for them," Vexen cut in.
"That's right. You seen 'em?"
"No. And as you can most likely guess, I didn't take them, either. As I've been too busy locked up in my room all night, performing an experiment."
"Well, okay…" Luxord said, quietly.
"Now, if you'll leave my room and leave me alone, I have to finish this. Besides, I'm sure it'd be much easier for you to get your ignorant, British self down the canyon, across the valley, and through the forest of evil, evil trees to the Quikki Mart to buy some new cards, instead of asking everyone around the castle like you always do when they go missing. Leave."
"If you weren't my higher-up I'd threaten you," Luxord unknowingly threatened Vexen.
"Yes, whatever. Now leave. I'm too busy to talk to underlings such as yourself." And with that, Vexen pushed Luxord to the door and then out it.
"Bloody Hell… Vexen can be a real pain in the arse when he's cranky… Maybe he needs some Midol… I'll have to tell Larxene he needs some after I find my cards…" Luxord said to himself and then laughed, setting off for the third floor. The two shadowy figures we've seen before now appeared on the stairs that lead from the fifth floor to the fourth, and laughed at Luxord's comment, instead of to themselves, this time.
"That Luxord guy is a real card," one of the figures said to the other. They both started laughing even harder. Who knew that either of them could laugh, in the first place?
And that is the third chapter. I guess none of the questions at the bottom of the second part were answered in this. O well. I think there may only be two parts after this one. The second part was better, but that's life.
Review, pwease. (author chibifies) How can you resist a chibi asking you to review?
