Chapter#7
The XIII Order
The boy looked at his two friends smiling, "So re we going or what?" Donald, Goofy, and the boy began to head towards the center of Twilight Town. He looked around at the buildings, "This place reminds me of Taverse Town" When they reached the town center they saw a being dressed in one of the cloaks. The being turned around and looked at the boy, "Roxas, I've been waiting for you." The boy looked at him confused,
"Roxas? Who's Roxas my name's Sora."The being looked at him for a while, "He looks just like you, but if you're not Roxas you most be the other side." Goofy looked at Donald for an explanation but Donald was as confused as he was. " Other side? What do you mean by other side?" asked the boy. The being began to chuckle, " Two sides of one heart. One foreshadows the other." The boy was now totally confused, "What in the hell are you talking about?" "You know so little, but seek so much. How do you intend on finding your friends anyway?" asked the being. The keyblade appeared in his right hand, " Answer my last question. What do you mean by other side?" "Attack if you like. You will not be able to hit me," laughed the being. He ran at the being and began his onslaught of attacks, but no matter how much he tried the being just kept dodging them. The boy stopped attacking, " Who are you guys anyway?" The being crossed his arms," We are those who study the heart. Those who wish to know more about it. How it works. We are The XIII Order!" " The XIII Order? Those who study hearts?' thought the boy. Darkness then began to rise around the being, " now witness the power of Darkness!" Heartless then began to rise from the ground, Donald, Goofy, and the boy got ready for the attack. But the shadows just stood there as if waiting for a command. The being snapped his fingers and the shadows jumped towards them. The three dodged, attacked, countered, and caste magic to protect themselves. After each shadow was defeated the boy smiled, " Is that all you got?" The being uncrossed his arms, "That boy was a mere test, I shall show you what true darkness is." He raised his arms and this black smoky aura started to rise from below him, "Rise from the darkest depths. Come to the world of light and aide me." The Heartless that rose form the darkness this time were like a supped up shadow with longer arms and legs. " These are called Neo Shadows, they are much stronger then the heartless you've been facing." The Neo Shadows stood there awaiting the signal for them to attack. The being snapped his fingers and the Neo Shadows lunged at the group. The boy jumped one and sliced it in half, Donald caste Thundaga killing five of them, while Goofy rammed through the group getting a couple. The being watched closely, "His stance and style while fighting is somewhat like his but this side's is a little messy." The boy looked at Goofy and nodded, " It's time let's do it." Goofy nodded and the both of them began to shine. When the light disappeared the boy was once again in red clothes with two keyblades. The being tilted his head in wonderment, "This is different." The boy then began attacking with more strength and speed. It was soon over and Goofy and the boy separated. The being began to clap, "Very interesting, and very, very interesting." The boy looked at him with anger in his eyes," What do you mean interesting?" The being once again crossed his arms, " This is very interesting. Two hearts merge to create a stronger being. I must tell The Superior." The being then vanished into darkness as the boy and his friends watched. The being appeared in The Superior's office inside Hollow Bastion, he then saw the four new unranked members discussing something with him. " Superior I have news about Sora," said the being while bowing.
The Superior looked at him," What is it Saix?" Saix rose himself and explained what he had witnessed. " Yes these four have witnessed the same thing, they say he merged with the dog." Saix nodded, "Yes that is true." The Superior stood up and walked over to the other four, " You've shown great improvement especially you two," he said looking at Josh and Andrew. They both smirked at the two girls. The four exited the office and headed to the empty room some people used for training. " Hey Watch and learn," said Josh as he pulled out his daggers. "Learn what how to mess up!" yelled Stephanie. Josh looked at her with an angered face. "No, I'm going to train myself at summoning Heartless. So when we meet "him" again we'll surely defeat him." A small patch of smoky darkness appeared on the ground and one shadow crawled out. The other three began to laugh at him. "Wow that's effort!" laughed Delaney. Josh got angry, " You know what next time we meet him I'll show you! I'll beat him!" He heard someone laughing from behind him, so he turned around to see someone with red spiky hair. " Who are you?" asked Josh. " My name's to important to be told to you. But besides that you really think you can beat Sora?" Josh looked at him with a spiteful smile," Yeah what's it to yah." The red haired boy began to laugh, " How bout a challenge to see who's going to be leader of this group. Me versus you, so how bout it?" Josh smiled, " Okay it's a settled the winner becomes leader." " Oh and my name's Axel. Just wanted you to know and remember the name of the victor," said Axel getting into his fighting position. Tiny sparks of fire appeared in Axel's palms but they soon formed into two red and silver chakrams. Josh ran at Axel swiftly and ready to attack, but Axel himself soon stopped Josh's attack. "You need to be faster than that to beat Sora," said Axel with a smirk. Josh jumped back about five feet, but when he looked ahead Axel was already gone. Josh heard a whizzing sound from behind, when he turned around he saw Axel's two chakrams flying at him. Josh quickly guarded but when he did the chakrams exploded with fire, Josh was thrown back into a wall. The chakrams flew back to Axel like boomerangs, " So I'm guessing you give up?" The smoke hadn't completely cleared yet but they heard Josh laughing, " Oh no, not yet now it's time to show you my true power. It's time for you to see my darkness!" A huge dark smoky aura had surrounded Josh he was slowly walking towards Axel. The others looked at each other in amazement, " This is awesome! Come on Josh kick his ass!" yelled Andrew. Axel seemed to not be amused by Josh's new found powers, " I'm going to finish this here and now!" Josh dashed towards Axel but he was stopped by one of the chakrams. " Show me your true strength. Having to rely on the Darkness is just a fools strength," said Axel in a serious tone. He then thrusted Josh back against the wall and jumped back about eight feet. His chakrams started to spin rapidly, and fire started to surround them as they spun. " Hell Blaze Twister!" Yelled Axel as he threw both of the chakrams at Josh. When the hit the whole entire room exploded in a fire twister. By the time the smoke cleared the other three only saw Axel standing with his arms crossed staring at the fallen Josh, "I guess I win." Meanwhile in Twilight Town the boy and his friends prepare to leave the world towards Hollow Bastion.