The Succession of a Flower Chapter 9: Training, a kingdom hearts fanfic

A/N: I need more reviews. Please don't just read the story without reviewing. I'd appreciate it a lot. The only reason I'm posting this chapter without anyone reviewing Chapter Eight yet is because I typed it up quickly and I have other things to do. Well…enjoy.

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Chapter Nine: Training

"You're making us all go to kill the boy?", Thextlea asked.

"Yes, but also show Lenne a lesson she'll never forget", Marluxia said.

"And what is that?", Larxene asked as he smirked.

"Well", he began, "once she kills the boy and gives me the heart. We can return the favor and turn her into a Nobody. If she's on our side, we'll be unstoppable, and we can finally take Kingdom Hearts for ourselves".

"So…when are we going to actually go after this…Sora?", Slixvia asked.

"In a week…you first timers need training…which Zexion, Larxene, Lexaeus, and I will help you with", he said.

"You're planning to split us into groups?", Zexion asked.

"Yes, the original members of the Order will choose at least one or two Nobodies who they will train", Marluxia answered, looking at all of them. "Better start now…".

Everyone looked around and started moving everywhere to get to Zexion and Larxene. Only a few stayed still and looked around. Slixvia grabbed Larxene by her arm and hopped up and down happily. She had a big smile on her face.

"I'd like you to train me, Larxene", she said, and Larxene growled, throwing the girl off her.

"Fine. I'll train you", she said.

"Add me too", Stixquis said as she approached them.

Yaxa looked around for Stixquis, but she couldn't find her. She sighed, looking at her feet. She saw Zexion in the corner of her eye and walked towards him. She saw Luxlu talking with him and stood before them, waiting for a moment to speak with them.

"Excuse me. The name's Yaxa, and I want to join your group", she said.

"Hm?", Zexion began, looking at her. "You remind me of someone just by saying that. Your voice…Hm…you can join us".

"By the way, you spell my name Y-A-X-A…Yaxa. Got it memorized?", she asked with a small smirk.

Then it hit Zexion, making him gasp, "You're just like Axel. What elements do you posses?".

"Um…", she said, thinking.

Luxlu noticed something sticking out of Yaxa's clothes, "What is that?".

"What is what?", Yaxa asked, looking around.

"That thing sticking out of your clothes", she answered, lifting it up with her hand. "It's…it's a tail".

"What? How I get a-! Oh, never mind it!", Yaxa said with a growl, tugging the tail out of Luxlu's hand.

"Is it yours?", Luxlu asked.

"Does it look like it'd wear an outfit with a tail attached to it?", Yaxa asked, making Luxlu glare at her.

"You never answered my question…", Zexion said with a low growl, looking annoyed.

"Oh! I…I can do this", she said and created a small orange ball in her hand, showing it to him.

He observed it and said, "You posses the element of flare. You might be fun to train".

"Oh…so that's what that is", she said, looking at it.

He turned to Luxlu, "What element do you possess?".

"All of them…", Luxlu said, lifting up her hands.

She created a fireball in her right hand and a big bubble in the other hand. She made those disappear and made a small ball of lightning appear in one hand. She shook her hand and a huge snowflake shot across the room. Zexion looked slightly amused as Luxlu turned back and looked at them.

"I keep forgetting you were a mage", he whispered, more to himself than to them.

Thextlea approached Marluxia cautiously, looking at him the whole time. He had found himself a wall to lean against and was staring at the ground, silent with no facial expression. When he heard, he soft footsteps, he looked up at her.

"I'd like you to train me", she said softly.

"And your element is?", he asked.

"What?", she asked, confused.

"What element can you use?", he said.

"Wind, but don't you use the element of flower and earth?", she asked.

"That doesn't mean I can't train you", he replied.

"Who else are you going to train?", Nixora asked as she walked up to them.

"Lenne and Thextlea. Lexaeus doesn't do well in talking, so I don't expect him to train many girls", Marluxia answered, staring the other Nobody in the face.

"I'd like to join", Nixora said, and he nodded.

"Tell Lexaeus he can let Lenne in", he shouted to the others.

Larxene nodded and opened the door only to run right into Lexaeus's back. The man growled and turned around. He looked at her who looked under him and saw Lenne sitting against the wall with her knees brought up to her chest. She looked back at Lexaeus who waited impatiently for her to speak.

"You can come on in now", she shouted in a country accent, making Lexaeus even madder.

She laughed as the man brushed past her. She looked at Lenne, and a wave of jealousy hit her. She glared at the girl who didn't even know she was standing at the door. She watched her as she rocked back and forth. Finally, she sucked her teeth and approached the girl. Lenne looked up at Larxene with big brown eyes, making the blonde's jealousy waver a bit.

She reached out a hand to help her up, "You can come in now. Marluxia wants you to choose who you'd like to be your trainer".

"What's this for?", Lenne asked, grabbing her hand, and getting up.

Larxene let the girl up and said, "He wants all of us Nobodies to train, so we can actually become a solid organization. No doubt you're going to pick him as your trainer".

The girls said nothing else to each other as they walked back into the room. Everyone had found their trainers. Larxene left for her group members, leaving Lenne to look around for Marluxia. She found him far away against the wall with Laxus, Nixora, and Thextlea. He saw her from afar and watched her come closer and closer to them.

"Glad you can join us, Lenne", Nixora said, walking up to the brunette, and reaching out her hand to shake hers.

"You remember me now?", Lenne asked hopefully and shook her hand.

"Nope, but maybe during this training session, I will", Nixora said. "You say we were best friends".

Thextlea watched them curiously, observing the friendliness between them. The others were leaving, and Larxene's group ended up being the last in there. She walked up to them and looked at Marluxia who returned her gaze with one of his own.

"We're going to the rooms to train. Good luck…you've got FOUR girls to handle", Larxene said with a smirk, then she left, leaving the five of them alone.

Marluxia looked at the four girls who stared at him intently, "Well, let's get started".

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Four days later, Riku went to check on Sora once more only to find the boy limping around the room. He noticed Donald, Goofy, Leon, Aerith, and Yuffie were up, just sitting upright on their beds. Everyone looked at him when he came in.

"Hey! You must be Riku!", Yuffie shouted.

Riku chuckled nervously, "Yeah…that's me".

"Glad you can visit us", Aerith said.

"He's been visiting us ever since we've been put in these beds!", Sora bragged happily.

"Garsh! Thanks, Riku! Glad to know you care!", Goofy said with a smile.

"What are you up for, Sora?", Riku asked the spiky brown-haired boy who began stretching by his bed.

"I need to stretch. Do you know how it feels to be stuck in a bed for four days without moving?", Sora asked.

"I need to check the computers", Leon said as he got up slowly and limped over to the big computer in the room.

"I swear you boys push yourselves overboard daily, especially you, Squall", Yuffie said as Aerith giggled in agreement.

"It's Leon", Leon said in a harsh growl as he sat in the chair in front of the computer.

Suddenly, the door flung open, and Cloud and King Mickey entered. King Mickey saw that Donald and Goofy were awake and gasped loudly. He ran over to them and hugged the two of them tightly.

"Your majesty, you're hurting us!", Donald cried.

"Yeah!", Goody agreed.

King Mickey let go and looked at them both with a big smile, "I'm so glad you're okay, and you too, Sora".

"Thanks…", Sora said as he took a seat on his bed.

"Where's Merlin?", Riku asked.

"He went out to get some potions for the store", Aerith answered.

"He says that we'll be better sooner than he thought. He said that we just need to take a potion today, then we'll be better by tomorrow!", Yuffie said.

"That's good to hear!", Riku said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah! I can't wait to stop feeling this soreness all over me! That witch packed a wallop!", Sora said, rubbing on his arm for a minute.

"Next time she comes, we'll be prepared!", Yuffie cried.

"Sora, you were talking about a place called Castle Oblivion, right?", Leon asked Sora.

Sora limped over to Leon and said, "Yeah…what about it?".

"I found its exact location and its coordinates", Leon said with a smile as he pointed at the computer screen. "We can learn more about it on Ansem's computer though".

"How about tomorrow? My legs are killing me", Sora groaned as he was about to collapse.

"Why don't ya take a seat?", King Mickey asked as he propped up a chair behind Sora who fell into the seat.

"Tomorrow it is then", Leon said, looking back at everyone.

"You're going to need a lot more than coordinates and the location of this castle. That witch almost killed you, and if you face her again without any training, you'll die for sure", Cloud said.

"I know…", Sora sighed sadly. "But who'll train me?".

"I'll help you!", Yuffie cried.

"We can all help", Aerith began. "I can teach him some of my healing powers".

"And I can show him how to throw!", Yuffie said.

"Hey! I know how to throw!", Sora yelled, making everyone laugh.

"Leon and Cloud can train Sora to use different sword techniques, and even Merlin help Donald and Sora with their magic!", Aerith suggested.

"That sounds like a splendid idea, Aerith!", said Merlin as he entered through the open door. "I'd love to show them how to improve on their magic skills. They'll need it!".

"Hey! What's that suppose to mean?", Donald shouted, and everyone laughed at him too.

"Riku, do you think you want to join the training session?", asked Yuffie, looking at the silver-haired youth.

"Sure, why not?", Riku said with a slight smile.

"This is a good idea! I can help Sora with his Keyblade training! He'll need that too", King Mickey said, enthusiastically.

"Tomorrow, we all meet outside right after breakfast!", Yuffie said.

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Thextlea charged at Marluxia at top speed, looking like a blur to normal eyes. She had two long blue lances in each hand. She had a swirling wind barrier that also helped to levitate the other two lances by her side. She attacked him with the lances in her left hand, and he dodge it swiftly, teleporting behind her. Nixora appeared behind him and sent a wave of white and black swirling energy at his back. He disappeared again and reappeared above them, smiling down on them. Lenne sent a huge fireball at him, and she watched it hit him. When she made the ball disappear, she didn't see him anywhere. She looked around and noticed him behind her, smirking evilly at her.

"None of you girls has hit me yet!", he shouted, making them angry.

They charged at him all at once, and Marluxia pulled out his pink scythe, swirling it around in his hands. He brought it in front of him and blocked all their punches and kicks with the handle of his weapon. He looked down and saw a little green vine tugging at the bottom of the handle. His eyes traveled down the vine, and he saw Laxus smirking at him. She jerked the weapon from, and he did back-flips to avoid the other three girls who were charging at him. Back on his feet, he reached for his scythe, and it faded out of Laxus clutches and back to his hands. He smirked at the girl who looked shocked.

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Stixquis created two balls of lightning in her hands. She clenched her hands, making two long bolts of lightning appear in each hand as a sword. She looked up at Larxene who was dodging Slixvia's ice attacks and charged at the other blonde. She stopped when she was beside them and sent a bolt of lightning crashing down on Larxene. It didn't phase her one bit. In fact, she absorbed it into her body, shocking Stixquis. Larxene pushed Slixvia away to smirk at Stixquis.

"Don't you know not to use lightning attacks on me by now?", she asked with a smirk. "I'll only absorb it, and it'll make me a lot stronger".

"Fine then. Since lightning attacks won't hurt you, I'll just use this!", Stixquis shouted as she made the bolts of lightning disappear form her hands.

She stretched her arms out downward and out came ten yellow knives that sprung into her hands. She clenched them between her fingers and lifted them up. She threw one at Larxene who was fighting with Slixvia again and barely dodged the fast knife. It cut her cheek, making her very mad. She looked up at Stixquis and glared.

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Lexaeus stepped on Kaxren who was lying on the floor, hurt. He squished her beneath his feet, and she was squirming and screaming around it pain. Neexse' looked at them and couldn't help to see the other girl in that kind of pain. She charged at Lexaeus who had his back to her with gun arrows in both of her hands. She stopped and brought the weapons before her, aiming them at the big man.

"Time for the giant to finally fall!", she shouted as she shot lasers at the red-haired man.

It hit him on impact, knocking him off Kaxren. He growled and turned around to face Neexse'. He lifted up his huge tomahawk from beside him and lifted it up in one hand. Kaxren gained her breath and got up weakly. She crawled and reached out for her red and white wands that were a couple of feet away from her. Neexse' and Lexaeus began fighting, and Neexse' was thrown back a couple of feet by the force of the tomahawk as he swung down on her gun arrows.

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Yaxa closed her eyes focusing all her energy into a nearby chair. She reached her hand out for it, and it started to glow in a red light. She raised her hand up slowly, and the chair began to rise off the ground. Zexion looked at her with his arms crossed, amused. Luxlu was behind him with her moggle doll in her arms. The doll began to glow in a white light as she lifted up her hand and sent a Waterga spell at him. It trapped him in a huge bubbled and began to lift him into the air. He growled and spread his arms out like an eagle and broke the bubble, landing on his feet. Yaxa threw the levitated chair at him, which he dodged with swiftness.

"Darn! Why won't you just let me hit you!", Yaxa growled.

"Because it'll be useless to go easy on you", Zexion said.

"We haven't hit you all day!", Luxlu said, frustrated.

"Well, then you're going to have to try harder. At least you two have been able to levitate like I taught you", Zexion said, crossing his arms again.

"Enough talk! Let's keep fighting!", Yaxa yelled as she charged at him with two flare balls in both of her hands.

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Marluxia grabbed Lenne by her throat tightly, lifting her up in the air by her neck. She choked and scratched at his hand, feeling the air leave her lungs. She struggled against him, but his grip was too strong. He stared at her evilly, and she felt that he was going to really kill her during training. Thextlea saw this and charged at him with her barrier around her and her six lances by her side. She swung the lances in her right hand at him, but he teleported into the air and still had Lenne by her neck. Nixora lunged for her huge claymore (A/N: Here's the link to the picture of what her claymore looks like: http/upload. If you can't see it then it looks just like Saix's claymore in Kingdom Hearts 2). She picked it up without effort and brought it before her.

Nixora sighed, focusing deeply before she lunged for Marluxia in the air. She hit him with the huge claymore in her hand, and he flew back a couple of feet, letting go of Lenne's neck. He caught his balance again and landed on his feet, and Lenne landed on her side, gasping for air. He looked at Nixora and growled at her, clutching his side, and panting softly. She smirked at him and turned her to watch Thextlea help Lenne up on her feet. Suddenly, she felt something wet wrap around her. She looked down and saw that it was vine that seemed to grow from the ground. It was constricting around her tighter and tighter with each passing second.

Laxus created a small rose whip from her hands and broke it off once she thought it grew long enough. She started whacking at the thick vine, hoping she could break it in time. Lenne sent a Firaga spell at the vine, and it burnt to a crisp. Nixora landed on her feet. She ran back to where Lenne was and stood beside her. Laxus and Thextlea came by their sides as well as they all stared Marluxia for a next move. He seemed amused by their team effort to beat him. He crossed his arms and meditated for a moment, and the girls took this chance to rest. They were breathing heavily, and Lenne was sweating terribly.

Marluxia opened his eyes again and looked at them. Thextlea was leaning against the wall, holding her side. Nixora was leaning against her claymore. Laxus had her hands interlocked on top of her head and walked around the room, and Lenne sat on the floor on her butt and supported herself with her arms. He rolled his eyes and cleared his throat. The girls gasped and jumped up, standing on their feet again.

"Go to your rooms. Today's training session is over", he said.

"Oh, thank God!", Lenne cried as she fell down on the ground again on her butt.

Thextlea, Nixora, and Laxus smiled and ran off, leaving Marluxia with Lenne. She began to control her breathing now, and she got up again to throw herself on the bed. He watched her with amusement, then walked out of the room. The sound of a door slamming made Lenne jump up again. She looked around and noticed that Marluxia was gone.

'Where did he go?', she thought.

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A/N: Where did Marluxia go? Anyway, just so you know, Larxene was in her room while she was training Slixvia and Stixquis. Marluxia was in his, and Zexion and Lexaeus were in their original rooms from before. Oh! And the weapons the girls got were from Larxene who found them stored away in the deepest section in the library. Kaxren made hers. Also, I just want you all to try to match each girl with the old members of the Order and see which one acts like those members. Like how Zexion figured that Yaxa acts like Axel. Tell me what do you think in your reviews. You can try to match all of them or however many you want. Thank you, and I'll try to update soon.