Chapter 2: Xaldin
Xel:
The battle started suddenly with almost no warning. The tension between the two was so thick, you could feel it in the air. Xaldin flexed his hand, sending all but one of his spears hurtling right for Sora. Sora, in reaction, jumped…impossibly high in the air and headed straight for his head. Xaldin blocked it with his last spear and pushed the Keyblade Master away with a grunt. Sora stumbled backwards from the force as a peal of lightning crashed down on the Organization member's head.
Hmm…I wonder if Sora has real strength without his friends.
A flash of light grabbed my attention again and directed it back to the fight. Sora was now holding two keyblades, one in each hand and his body…
Such power! It was enough to give me an unsettled feeling. Taking a sip of that power could overwhelm the body. Maybe that's what would happen here. Xaldin sent his spears out towards the boy again. Sora charged forward, using both keyblades to rapidly knock his weapons away. With Xaldin practically unprotected, he moved in to finish him off…
And was immediately blasted away by energy. I wasn't the only one who winced when Sora hit the ground roughly. Donald rushed to his side, screaming 'Sowa, Sowa' over and over again. Power vacated from his body in a flash of light and seconds later, Goofy was by his side. I knew that the boy wasn't dead from the force…but he would be if Xaldin got any closer. I pulled my energy back into my body, ripping my cloaking spell to pieces.
"Xaldin!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
Xaldin turned in my direction with a growl.
"Xel! Why are you here? I thought Xemnas killed you."
"Xemnas couldn't touch me even if he tried. After all, I was the one who nearly killed him one year back."
Intimidating me won't work, fool.
"Sora!"
Oh, a new piece on the chessboard. The King, Mickey Mouse, is here. I have no time to deal with him right now. I jumped down onto the bridge and folded my arms.
"In any case Xaldin, your life ends here…keyblade or not."
"Traitor!" Xaldin spat as he sent his spears towards me.
"I was never one of you!" I screamed, extending my hand towards the spears.
The weapons got inches away from my face before breaking up into splinters. Without batting an eye, I dashed towards him. Seconds later, I had planted my fist in his chest.
"I am more than just a Nobody, Xaldin. Anything you want to say before I kill you?"
Xaldin gagged loudly and hunched over.
"Why…?"
"It's a shame that you won't use your power for better purposes Xemnas is a fool."
I retracted my hand from his stomach, summoned power through it and…
Seconds later, Xaldin hit the ground on his back and started fading away. I watched him with a small smile on my face and blood on my hand.
"When you are a Nobody, you do not exist. You cannot be mourned nor should you expect to be. Right, Mickey?"
I turned around to face him.
"You are a monster," Mickey hissed, raising his keyblade up to his chest protectively.
"A monster? I just did you a favor. Xaldin would have killed Sora. And then where would you be?"
"That's enough!"
I laughed.
"You can't kill me. You can't kill what doesn't exist!"
Power flew out of my body and slammed into the mouse, sending him back into the gates.
"Enjoy your life while you can, Mickey. Keep feeding that boy lies! I'll make him see the truth and then, I'll kill him!"
With a grin, I teleported back to my ship. The moment appeared on the ship, I felt sharp pain shoot through my shoulder. Wait…did he? I examined my shoulder, gritting my teeth all the way. There was a quarter-sized hole in the center…
"He got me. Unbelievable."
I thought my magic would have caught all of his tricks… How careless of me. Ugh…Xaldin was so powerful…why couldn't he be on my side? Doesn't he know that it hurt to kill him?
"Lady Xel, you should have that wrapped up."
Huh? I stared at the Nobody in front of me.
"Oh yes. I should," I said absentmindedly.
My mind was focused back on Axel. He was watching Roxas again…
"Lady Xel, Xemnas is attempting to make contact with you. Shall we patch him through?"
Xemnas? How interesting. Xaldin must actually be important to him.
"Please."
I made no attempt to hide the grin on my face as Xemnas's face appeared on a large screen in front of me.
"I thought you were dead."
Really?
"Using Naminé to destroy my memories isn't exactly a killing blow. Tasting her blood allowed me to correct the situation however. Though she is still alive, I won't forget the pain she caused."
"I should have taken care of the situation myself."
"I don't want to remind you about my special power."
Xemnas frowned.
"I am warning you, Xel. Stop killing Organization members."
"Or you'll do what?"
"Witch."
And with that, he was gone. Well, that was easy. Getting under Xemnas' skin is far too easy by itself. For now, I was going to observe Sora. After all, it may be a while before I can step fully in again.
"Lady Xel, Luxord has been spotted in world number 6: Port Royal!"
You've got to be kidding me. Would he be that stupid to send another member out?
"Head there now please. And fetch me something to wrap my shoulder with."
Author's Note: I did not intentionally mean to hurt Mickey. I just didn't like how he lied to Sora so much. Call it payback or something. I hope you enjoyed, don't forget to leave a review cookie behind.
