Alrighty. Back after eternity. I need to make a few notes...most of which you could simply scroll past to get to the chapter if you wanted. Uh...number one. For those of you who haven't figured this out, or came late or whatever. This story was actually supposed to be more of a written version of Kingdom Hearts 2 as I thought it would turn out. Now, this story was started before there was as much info on the game as there is now, and while I intend to keep this as close to the actual game as possible, this is still a fanfiction. My fanifiction, so there will be some changes that may not be true in the game. If you can't take it then too bad.
Actually, that was all I had to say after all, so, enjoy the new chapter.
Sora's heartbeat sped up for no particular reason as he entered the gleaming castle. Smith led them into the throne room while a hidden trumpeter sounded off announcing them. As they reached the middle of the room Sora barely noticed Donald and Goofy stop. Smith had already gone. Sora looked at his companions to see them kneeling and Sora quickly did the same.
"High magician Donald, Captain Goofy, welcome back. You have both done your duties well and when it is all over you will be rewarded for it." Said the Queen who stepped down to greet the three. "And you must be the Keyblade Master we've all put our hopes on. Welcome Sora." Queen Minnie said turning toward him. "And there is no need to worry so much about formality Keyblade Master, here, you are on the same level as my husband."
At first Sora did not understand what she had meant. Then he realized, 'I'm as good as a King here!' Thought Sora, meanwhile Donald shifted uncomfortably behind him.
"Now that you are all here, we have much to discuss. After we go over why you were summoned here today, you can all enjoy what the Magical Kingdom has to offer before your next departure." A door opened off to the side of the throne room and Queen Minnie moved toward it. "Come."
BHK stalked angrily through the streets of the 3rd District. He didn't exactly know what was aggravating him so much...perhaps having a castle fall on him would do the trick. Or maybe having to chase people around the galaxy day in day out. Or maybe, just maybe, it was because he just saw one of his best friends die before his very eyes. Maybe.
BHK wondered when he had become such a depressing person. 'I didn't used to be like this.' He thought to himself. 'I used to have fun all of the time.' Rushed images of Twilight Town flashed in before his mind's eye. BHK shook his head as if to wave them away. 'My friends, my life, its gone now. All because of that Organization. What matters now is finding Sora...and reaching the Door.'
BHK sensed somthing shift around him and he unsheathed his Keyblades. "What better way to clear my head?" BHK muttered to himself. "That's what I came here for anyway." BHK turned to face his enemies. It was the white creatures again. And the man with red hair.
"Now that you've shown, you've already accepted how this is going to turn out." BHK told him, pointing the white Keyblade. Namine's Key.
Axel raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Oh? Well in case I've gotten my information mixed up, why don't you enlighten me as to what is about to happen here."
"Simple really." BHK said, his gaze unwavering, "I completely and utterly destroy you, then I cast your remains into Oblivion."
"Well, well," Axel said chuckling. "It seems as if you have it all planned out. Let's see how it works out." Axel snapped his fingers, and the creatures attacked. BHK snarled, his stance defiant, his blades ready.
"He's been gone for quite some time now." Kairi said, glancing at the watch BHK had given her. "I wonder where he is."
"I hope he hasn't gotten into any trouble." Yuna said, looking worried. Kairi laughed. "Knowing him, of course he has. I'm just worried about how much."
Yuna pouted. "Kairi! You shouldn't joke like that!" Kairi apologized, not revealing the fact that she hadn't been joking at all.
"Maybe we should check on him." Leon said, looking concerned despite his cold persona. "Its not just Heartless out there anymore. There are these new white beings that could be even worse. Just a few of them was almost enough to overwhelm even me." Leon stood up straight from the wall he was leaning on and grabbed his Gunblade. "I don't know enough about your friend Kairi, but I think I should go out an look for him."
Yuna shook her head. "Don't. He probably wants to be alone right now. Besides, he can handle those white creatures on his own. We've already faced them before. They aren't so tough...as long as you're careful." Yuna said, somewhat trying to relieve her own worry for BHK.
"So you've seen 'em then." Cid said grimly. "Any idea what the hell they are?" Yuffie and Leon barely shifted their stance, but Kairi could tell they were waiting to see if she had any information worthwhile.
"They're called Nobodies. I guess you could say they are a kind of Heartless...but actually, it is more that they are the result of the Heartless. Compared to the Heartless in actual combat, their bodies seem a little more resistant to physical damage, but they don't use magic nearly as well. Other than that, all we really know about them is that they are under the control of the Organization." Kairi explained.
"When you say that they are the result of the Heartless..." Cid began, "What do you mean?" Yuffie finished.
"A Heartless is created after someone loses their own heart to darkness. What you guys don't know is that the person's leftover body is taken and transformed too. Those are the Nobodies."
Yuffie's eyes widened as she grasped that concept. "So you mean to tell us, that for every single Heartless out there, there is a Nobody to match it?"
"Hmm...I never thought of it like that, I'm not all that good at making connections sometimes...but yeah. That seems about right." Yuna said thinking.
Yuffie's eyes buldged. "But the Heartless are limitless! They've been around since the beginning!"
"Then that just means that the Nobodies are limitless too..." Leon said, thinking aloud. "So we're stuck fighting two limitless forces with few supplies and fewer reinforcements. Sounds like a party." Kairi couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or not, but it was still a rather depressing thought.
"Hey! Cheer up!" Yuna demanded after seeing faces fall around the room. "Its not like it's the end of the world here! You guys beat them last time right? And you guys can do it again." Yuna noticed that some of the others looked a little happier, even though they rolled their eyes at the obvious beginnings of a pep-talk. "And that's not just it!" Yuna continued, determined not to go with the cheer-up girl routine. "Its not like you'll have the entire force of either come at you. All at once or otherwise. There has to be a limit as to how many Heartless or Nobody someone can command at a time. Especially when it comes to the Organization."
Seeing that no one else was going to, Cid asked again, "What do you mean?"
"Well, I was captured and held a lot longer then Kairi was. I picked up on a few things during my time there."
"Like?"
"For one, it seemed as if the Organization was originally made up of 13 members, and each member looked as if he controlled his own specific type of Nobody. I had never really seen them commanding the Nobodies, but they talked about them a lot. I think it was because a little while ago they lost some members and they were now having trouble controlling the types left without a master."
At this, the people in the small house perked up. "Now that...that is interesting." Yuffie said tapping her chin. Kairi looked at Yuna with surprise. "You never told me that!" she told the girl.
Yuna shrugged. "I didn't think it mattered that much, I was basically more preoccupied with running for our lives." She said with a smile. "Now that we know more about them, the info looked sort of useful."
"What else do you know? Have you seen their leader? How many members are left?" Leon demanded.
Yuna took up a thoughtful expression again. "Well, the Orgnization bolstered their ranks after the loses, so there are a lot of members now, but I don't think they can all control their own Nobodies. Only the remaining originals can do that."
"How many originals are left?"
Yuna looked down towards her feet. "Sorry, I don't know too much more. I think they lost about 5 out of 13. I don't know anything about their leader."
"So the Organization isn't as powerful as we thought. But that still means we've got 8 left to deal with, without counting their Nobodies and the lower members.""I've seen their leader." Kairi said, speaking up and startling Yuffie who had forgotten the red-head was in the room. "He's scary, and strong. He was different from the others, he was dressed in all red, and his face was bandaged. I could only see an eye and his mouth when I looked right at him."
"No." Leon said firmly. Cid looked rather confused as well. "That's not possible. We know the person you described, and he wouldn't ever work with, not to mention lead, that Organization."
"You know him?" Kairi and Yuna asked together.
"Yeah, his name's" Leon stopped short and suddenly held his Gunblade at the ready. It was right before the windows exploded and the Nobodies flooded in.
BHK easily smashed several more of the Nobodies, but he realized that they weren't putting up much of a fight. "What's wrong with you!" BHK yelled to Axel. "Fight me you murderer!"
A brief emotion passed over Axel's face. It resembled regret. "You simply assume I came here to attack you. This was not my purpose in coming here."
"I don't give a damn!" BHK leapt at Axel, only to be blocked by a strange looking Nobody. It was tall and colored white like the others BHK had seen. It hunched over somewhat and had blades lined down its arms and feet. BHK was attacked from behind as he studied this new arrival and was forced to his knees, winded, but otherwise unhurt. "What is this?" He asked.
"They are known as the Assassins. My own special breed. Perfect for making sure what I want gets done." Axel said rather threateningly.
"And what do you want?" BHK asked him from the ground. Whatever had hit him had taken away his strength, but it was starting to return now. He would surprise Axel with a sudden attack as soon as he was ready.
"Oh! So now you are willing to listen. Now that you've been struck down and only remain because of my mercy." Axel laughed out loud, his voice filling the streets. "I came to this pathetic little world to find you!" Axel jabbed a finger at BHK. "I feel the need to tell you that your fighting us is worthless. You could be doing so much more if you joined us instead!"
"And what makes you think I would do something like that?" BHK asked the cloaked man.
"Because, you were with us before." Axel said quietly. BHK could barely hear him, but he spoke up again with his next words. "You are a Nobody! You belong with the Organization 13. We aren't complete without you, our final member."
"I'll never!" BHK shouted. With a flash of his Keyblade he sprang at Axel, who strangely grinned. Instead of being taken by surprise, Axel side-stepped and sent his elbow to crash into BHK's jaw and send him flying.
BHK hit and skid for a time across the ground. His cheek throbbed, but he forced himself to his feet and attacked again, swinging his Keyblades out of rage. Axel ducked inside the assualt and upper-cutted heavily into BHK's abdomen, sending him down to his knees for the second time.
"So predictable. I know every move you're about to make. Why? Because I've seen it all before. We used to train on the wide expanses of Hollow Bastion all the time. I've seen your moves, and even now, after having your memories erased and tampered with, you remain the boy I knew. Same attitudes, same fighting style, the same thirst for the truth."
With a hidden signal from Axel, his Assassins knocked BHK flat, preventing him from making a third attempt at striking Axel down. "You want the truth kid? She lied to you. Everything you know. Namine was a witch who changed people's memories. You were planted in Twilight Town, simply to escape and search for the Keyblade Master with your scrambled memories of Sora's life given to you by Namine. It was their design! They who control all the strings. The leader, and Namine, and Him. They all seek to control you, to control us, to control everything. The events that led up to now have all been orchestrated by their hands.
"The truth? You were Number thirteen of our order, our youngest member, the Discovered Key. You belong with us, and I won't let you get close to the Keyblade Master. I won't have you throwing your life away."
"Where is he!" BHK struggled to say from his position, secured by the Nobodies. Axel shook his head. "You can't see Sora. You are coming with me." Axel reached for BHK.
BHK manuvered one of his arms free and called his Keyblade to it. "Aero!" A gust of wind blew Axel and the rest of the Nobodies back. BHK picked up Oblivion and ran.
Axel called after him. "She lied to you, fool! You know nothing!" BHK out on more speed, knowing that the Nobodies were on his trail.
Review. Next chapter...not sure, I haven't thought that far yet, but It'll be coming soon!