Hey again! How are you all doing? Yups, I'm good. I couldn't wait to write this chapter! It was originally supposed to be really serious, but the opportunity was WAY too good to pass up!
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War on My World
Chapter 14: My Heart's a Mirrored Battleground
"Wow...this place is so different from Glacier. Like the polar opposite." Laura stated. They seemed to be walking on dried lava, and there was a small pathway of died lava that led to a huge orange castle. If you looked off from the path, the path was surrounded molten lava, still not dried. It was like they were in the inside of a volcano, if it wasn't for the fact they themselves could see volcanoes far off.
But, most of all, it was so hot. You'd never know the true meaning of the word until you visited this place. However, the heat didn't seem to affect Haku, Chihiro, Demyx or Leona.
"It's like a raging heart." Demyx said, looking around at the place.
"Good observation." Larxene muttered. Demyx smiled at her, with big, bright eyes like he was surprised and happy she 'complimented' him. Although he did not sense her voice was dripping in sarcasm. Demyx was probably the only person who couldn't tell sarcasm from a rhetorical question if his life depended on it. Or sarcasm from a brick if it came down to it.
"Thanks, Lar-Lar!" He said, happily, starting to skip. Larxene smacked him again for calling her the nickname that she hated ever-so-much, and for skipping. It looked wrong for guys to skip. Heck, Larxene didn't even skip. And she was a girl. Of course, she would look good skipping, but she was a girl.
"Demyx, just shut up." She said angrily, electricity cackling on her left hand madly. Demyx looked at her, looking sad and depressed, his back all bent as he was leaning over in his 'depression'. However, his 'depression' immediately faded away to happiness as his back straightened with a sickening -crack-, but he didn't seem to mind.
"Yes, ma'am!" He said, saluting. Larxene sighed.
"Let's just get this over with. I hate working with this wimp." Larxene said. The others agreed with surprising haste.
"Hey! That's no fair! I have my powers like anyone else!" Demyx replied huffily, crossing his arms and looking away from everyone. He may be the densest member in Chihiro's crew, but he had his melodramatic personality to back it up...even if everyone hated both of those traits.
"Yeah, ok, Demyx." Roxas said, dragging out the 'ok' in his sentence. "Everyone here could beat you in a heartbeat." Demyx sighed, and hung his head, like he was in his depression again. However, the depression faded away again.
"Yeah...but you have to admit! I rock at the sitar!" He said, playing the air guitar again. Larxene and Roxas rolled their eyes.
"Let's just get going!" Larxene said impatiently, starting to walk the molten lava path. Everyone else quickly followed. Larxene wasn't called the most agile member of the Organization for nothing. On the way to the castle, they all had conversations and what-not.
"Laura, you're right. This is like a fire version of Glacier." Asbel stated. Laura nodded.
"It's kinda creepy, though." Daryl said. Carmaine nodded in agreement.
"Hey, Haku, I have a question. Since you're a water spirit you don't feel the heat like others, right?" Chihiro asked. Haku nodded.
"I guess you're right. Maybe it's because of the wind and water within me." Haku said. Chihiro nodded.
"Can I ask you something else?" She asked, her face turning red. But she was going to say it! No matter how many times she had said it before, she was finally going to say it, this time!
"Sure." Haku said, and nodded. Chihiro took a deep breath. 'Ok, you can do this, Chihiro. Just like we rehearsed. Say it, but not in an obvious way.' She thought.
"I-Is it possible for a human to love a spirit?" She asked, looking at him. 'Good thing the red glow of the lava covers up my blush.' She thought. Haku stopped and looked at her. They both stared at each other for a moment, before they both looked away.
"I-I think so...I also think it's possible for a spirit to love a human..."He said, turning around to face Chihiro(she couldn't tell whether his face was red or not, but it was) and edging a little closer to her. Finally, he was just about to kiss her when-
"Come ON, guys! We don't have all day! Let's GO!" Larxene shouted, pulling Chihiro away, just as their lips touched. Chihiro sighed.
'I was so close! I almost had it, I was so close! Gah! I can't believe this! Just when I worked up my nerve, too! I probably won't ever get the chance again! This is so ludicrous!' Chihiro thought to herself. Haku hung his head and walked behind. Sora came up to him and patted him on the back.
"It's ok, Haku. I tried to kiss Kairi before, but..." Sora turned around to give a glare at Roxas, "Roxas kinda ruined the moment. Make sure you 'pull the move' when no one's around besides you and her. Well, that's just my advice. If you want real girl advice, go ask the ladies' man, Roxas, over there." Sora said, pointing a thumb in the said person's direction. (Roxas just always got to me as a ladies' man type of person)
Haku nodded, and walked with Roxas as he began telling Haku tips on girls. Sora was listening, too, but he didn't want to admit he had 'Kairi Trouble'. In fact, the majority of the guys that had girlfriends(well, would like to have girlfriends) were grouping around Roxas as they walked towards the castle of doom. Or, what they thought would result in doom.
Meanwhile, the girls had already arrived at the castle. Roxas and the guys were walking really slow so they could hear all of his tips.
"Geez, what's taking them so long?" Zoey asked, tapping her foot impatiently. Chihiro and Larxene shrugged simultaneously.
"I'm with you, I want to know what's taking them so long!" Larxene shouted, smacking Demyx across the head in habit. (Demyx was the only guy that had decided not to listen 'Girls 101 by Roxas' and follow Larxene and the rest of the girls) Demyx rubbed his head.
"Owch, Lar-Lar! That really hurt! Why do you always have to hit me?" Demyx whined. Larxene smacked him across the head again. This time, for being an idiot and, in her opinion, asking a stupid question. And calling her that nickname again. She just hated that nickname. Maybe because Larxene was just a fake name, and that was just a fake nickname. It just reminded her about how she wasn't supposed to exist and how she was fake.
"Because you're the only one who, if you try to fight me, I'll just beat you anyway." Larxene said triumphantly. Demyx sighed. It wasn't his fault he wasn't a fighter! Neither was Zexion, but Larxene never hit Zexion! It just wasn't fair! After waiting for five minutes, the guys came a bit closer to the girls. Close enough to hear what Roxas was saying.
"...And then, after you've made reservations for the fancy restaurant, make sure no one is in there besides a French waiter."
"Why French?" The guys whispered-asked. Roxas almost laughed, but shot a glance at the girls, and knew they looked suspicious, so he held it in.
"Because French people are romantics!((Sorry for stereotype, all fellow French people)) They'll help a head-over-heels guy in need. Trust me on that one. Anyways, order their favorite gourmet meal and make sure there's two lit candles on the table. Then, in the middle of the meal, get up and say you're going to the bathroom. While, secretly, go to the French waiter and ask him to put on romantic music. Like a slow song or something." All the boys nodded as Roxas took a deep breath and continued.
"Then go over to her and ask her to dance. Of course, she'll say yes, and then, comment about her eyes. Girls love it when guys compliment their eyes. Then, you're all set to sweep her off her feet. If anyone asks, tell them you got the information from me." Roxas said, rubbing his hands together like he'd get rich by telling guys to act like girls. Someone watched a little too much of Hitch. Anyways, all the guys nodded. Then, they noticed that all the girls were standing in front of them. Roxas cleared his throat.
"They made me!" He said. Naminé sighed, and smacked her forehead with the palm of her right hand, and shook her head before removing her hand from her forehead.
"Well, girls, what should we do about this?" She asked. The girls smiled as Zoey fished out some make-up. She started to giggle, as did the other girls when they got out their world's version of make-up. A very scared Demyx backed away, and hand-motioned the guys to do the same. However, the rest of them were just like, 'Yeah, what can make-up do to us guys?'
"Larxene, I don't think you'll mind if we wait a little while longer. After all, putting make-up on boys is bound to be fun!" Zoey said, and smiled at Larxene. In the little time they had spent time together, they were now like sisters.
"No, I think you're right." She said, the rest of the girls taking out any extra make-up they just happened to have, including the make-up they just got out, it was a lot of make-up. But, then again, there were a lot of boys so the amount of make-up matched the amount of boys there were. This was going to be fun.
Then, Larxene pointed her finger towards the group of boys and shouted, "Thunder, make a shield!" Thunder surrounded them like a force field. However, the girls could step in it easily, and the boys couldn't get out of it.
With make-up in hand, Zoey, Larxene, Chihiro and company walked into the force field.
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"You guys look so cute! Especially you, Koji!" Zoey shouted, hugging him. Koji, the blue bandana-ed-and-yellow-striped-spirit-of-light-thing stared at her.
"Whatever, Zoey." He mumbled. Larxene laughed.
"That's what you get for catching the attention of my little sister." The Savage Nymph said, and laughed. Larxene couldn't remember the last time she felt like someone was her little sister, or had good times like this. Even though she was still, technically fake, now she had feelings and was more real. It's like if you take a plastic Barbie and then screw the head off and replace it with a China Doll's. It's half and half. Real and not real.
"Haku looks cute, too! I never knew you looked so good in blush!" Chihiro giggled, playing with Haku's pigtails. (He had struggled a lot, but the girls had managed to hold him down long enough to get the job done, and he couldn't transform into dragon form because he didn't want to hurt the girls) Haku just grumbled something.
"It's all Roxas' fault." Said Ed. Like the other girls, Winry laughed.
"But, Ed! You look so pretty as a girl!" Winry complimented, giving a pat on Ed's head. Ed just glared at her.
"So you're saying I look good as a girl and not as a boy?" He said, crossing his arms. Winry shook her head.
"No! I'm just saying you look pretty as a girl!" She explained. Fortunately, Al was saved from embarrassment as he was armor and was tall(to most of the girls, who were only 12 or 13 and not very tall) so they couldn't reach up and plaster make-up all over his face.
"Whatever, Winry. I get what you're saying. But PLEASE tell me one of you has make-up remover? I am NOT fighting some pansy looking like a gender-confused male." Ed said. This comment made everyone laugh.
"But it won't be so bad if the rest of the guys look like gender-confused males!" Winry said.
"Wait...guys..."Zoey said, realizing their error, "What if Xemnas thinks we're all gender-confused males?" All the girls stared at her. Larxene nodded, and put her hand on Zoey's shoulder.
"Zoey's right. We can't risk our reputation. As much as we all like to embarrass the boys, it would be too much." Larxene said. The girls, sighing, finally agreed and took out their make-up cases again. After silence for a few moments, they all looked up in horror.
"Oh, crap. I forgot to bring make-up remover!" Rang the voices of multiple girls. The guys sighed. How were they going to save themselves from the only shred they had of dignity left now?
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Somehow, after Larxene going to this really weird place called Earth (she teleported into a cosmetic store with cameras, got a bunch of make-up remover, combs and A LOT of digital cameras and teleported out without paying) the girls finally got some make-up remover. So, with heavy hearts they took off the boys' make-up, but not without taking pictures with the digital cameras Larxene stole.
Once all was said and done, the guys sighed with relief.
"I learned from that mistake twice. Never, ever, EVER give tips to guys on girls while girls are around. I never knew you could be so vicious with make-up, Naminé!" Roxas said, rubbing his face and shuddering as he remembered the horrors of mascara and eyeliner...
"I know. I guess I know why Naminé is Kairi's Nobody. They're both ferocious with the make-up!" Sora said. The guys all agreed that their girls were all vicious with make-up and concluded that it was a girl thing. They all laughed about it afterwards, but not after a really hard smack from all the girls.
"Well, I think we should get going. It'll be no use if we knock all of their brain cells out by just smacking them all day." Chihiro resolved. Leona sighed.
"But it was so much fun!" She said. Zoey patted her on the shoulder.
"Maybe afterwards?" Zoey suggested. The girls all hastily agreed. Haku coughed.
"Well, first thing is first. We need to defeat Xemnas." He said. Everyone agreed, as their little 'breaktime' was interrupted by the thoughts of the upcoming battle.
"Alright, it's pay-back time!" Chihiro said, running back into the castle. They all followed. The first floor seemed to be made of... a orange marble. It sounds strange, but that's what it seemed. There were stairs on either side of the castle, and in front of them was a red carpet that led to a doorway. Chihiro turned around to face the group.
"Which way now?" She asked.
"I say upstairs. In all of the video games I've played, the boss is always in the upper level or lower level of the 'dungeon'." Said Kite. Larxene shook her head as she and Zoey pointed to the doorway.
"It's so obvious he's there. Don't you agree with me, Koji?" Zoey asked sweetly. Koji shrugged, but then saw Larxene's menacing look and nodded quickly.
"O-Of course, Zoey!" He agreed. Chihiro sighed.
"Alright. However says go through this door say 'I'." Chihiro said. A lot of people screamed 'I' as loud as they could. Chihiro needed to cover her ears in order to keep her from going deaf.
"Ok, I get the point!" Chihiro shouted, then removed her fingers from her ears as she started to walk towards the door. When they all reached there, she took a deep breath and opened the door on the thought of Haku almost kissing her. She still couldn't believe it! Her friends looked over her shoulders when she didn't go in.
"What's in there, Chi?" Carmaine asked. Chihiro spun around and faced Haku.
"I-I didn't know you had a twin, too," She said. Haku looked at Chihiro with a puzzled expression.
"A twin?" Haku asked in confusion. "I don't have any twins. In fact, I don't anyone that looks like me. Maybe besides my parents..."He finished. Chihiro shook her head and stepped aside from the doorway and pointed inside.
"Well, I think I know someone that could very well be your twin." She said. Everyone took a double-take from what was inside the room to Haku.
"Chi's right. She looks like your twin." Carmaine commented. Inside the room was a girl that looked like an orange-and-red girl version of Haku. Her hair was a bright orange instead of blue, and her eyes consisted of a tantalizing shade of red. In fact, the only differences between the 'twins' were that the girl-version of Haku was a girl(obviously), and she had orange hair and red eyes, and was wearing a sharply contrasting violet dress.
"Who are you?" Haku asked. The girls smiled.
"Who are you?" She asked, instead. "I've never met anyone like me before." She said.
"I'm Haku." Haku said, since he figured there was no danger in telling the girl his name. The girl nodded politely and curtseyed.
"I am Helia." Helia introduced. "Why don't you all come in? I haven't had company in a long time." She said. Haku and the others filed into the room. "Now, why are you all here?" She asked.
"Have you heard of Xemnas?" Larxene asked, getting straight to the point. Helia nodded her head.
"Of course I have. He is the reason my brothers and sisters and I exist." Helia said. Demyx, Larxene, Sora, Naminé, Riku and Roxas' jaws dropped through the floor. "My, we'll have to get the floor fixed now. No matter. Why are you all in shock?" She asked. Like I said, their jaws went through the floor literally.
"XEMNAS HAD CHILDREN!" The said people exclaimed. Helia laughed and shook her head.
"No, no, he didn't. We are just personified as his children because we're-" Helia clapped her hands over her mouth and shook her head violently. "Oh, dear! I wasn't supposed to say that much! I'm so sorry for the inconvenience, but you must pretend you haven't heard that! Xemnas will be rather mad!" Helia exclaimed.
"I have a question. Do you know why you look so much like me?" Haku asked, raising an eyebrow. Helia nodded. Then, realizing her mistake, shook her head again.
"N-No! No, I don't! It's surely just a coincidence!" Helia said, laughing nervously. Haku glanced at the others.
"R-ight..."He said, dragging on the 'r'.
"Well, anyways, I must tell you..."Helia started, her whole eyes flashing an evil red as her hair floated a little, and her dress floated just a TINY bit, and the door slam shut, "You will all die in here."
Haku immediately turned into his dragon form. As soon a she did that, the door opened. He nodded his head toward the door.
'Everyone, leave, NOW!' He said through his powerful spirit-talk. In fact, just hearing his now powerful and majestic-sounding voice made them all agree, even strong-willed Chihiro. However, Chihiro stayed a little longer. 'Chihiro, you of all people must leave. I do not want you to get hurt...' He said,and Chihiro turned around to leave. When she was out of the room, she heard one last thing from Haku.
'If I don't make it out alive, I just want you to know that I love you.' He said. Chihiro immediately spun around, only to have to the door shut right in her face.
"H-Haku!" She cried out desperately, pounding on the door and trying to open it with all her might. Carmaine and a bunch of other people dragged Chihiro away from the door. "NO! Let me GO! I've GOT to see Haku!" She screamed.
"No, Chihiro! You don't understand! We've got to go on!" Carmaine shouted, trying to calm down the now crying Chihiro.
"No...no, you don't understand! You don't know what love is like! I love him, and I've got to help in there! He could die without my help!" Chihiro said angrily, tears immediately disappearing.
"But, Chihiro, his attempt to save you could go down in vain if you just rush in there recklessly and get yourself killed! Haku was trying to tell you that your life was worth more in his eyes than everyone else's! He'll be alright. I promise." Laura said, moving forward and nodding. Chihiro sighed.
"A-Alright...but, promise we'll go back after we've defeated Xemnas?" She asked, still angry. Carmaine and Laura agreed with some hesitation, but they got to promising it to her.
"Let's go to the left staircase first." Chihiro said, taking a deep breath as they went up the left staircase. The second floor was virtually the same as the first, except from their perspective there was a staircase leading up right across the giant floor, and to their left was a doorway, and to the right was another one.
"I say left door." Zoey said. Larxene agreed with her self-proclaimed little sister. Chihiro nodded at their decision.
"Alright, let's check that door out." She said as they walked towards the door. Chihiro took a deep breath and placed her hand on the doorknob. 'I hope Larxene and Zoey were right with their decision.' She thought, and opened the door on that thought.
"L-Larxene...Z-Zoey...I didn't know you two had twins, either." Chihiro said in awe. Zoey shook her head.
"I don't. I'm an only child. Well, besides Larxene onee-chan." Zoey said, and then shrugged. Larxene nodded.
"Same here, besides from Zoey. She's like the only family I've ever had.. Why?" Larxene asked. Chihiro stepped aside. Inside were two boys. One looked exactly like a boy-version of Larxene with golden hair(the same as Larxene's) with strange red eyes, and a white cloak, and the other looked exactly like a boy version of Zoey with pure-white hair, strangely golden eyes, gold and white clothing instead pink and purple. And, his clothing was certainly more...masculine than Zoey's.
"That's so...freaky." Zoey said. The one who looked like Zoey waved and gave them a nice, friendly and warm smile.
"Hello! I'm Zack." Greeted the look-alike of Zoey. Zack pointed to Larxene's look-alike. "This is Leroy. Why don't you guys come in? It'd be good to talk to some civilized people once in a while." Zack joked. Zoey and Larxene stepped in the room, and the others immediately followed.
However, Chihiro was only a little suspicious of these people, because their greeting was similar to Helia's. She didn't want any more of her remaining team to get hurt.
"Just to let you know, your friend, the water spirit, is winning. Helia's fading away very slowly. In the end she will be the one that will die." Leroy said. Zack sighed.
"Leroy's really pessimistic. Don't mind his comments, although they're true. In fact, I don't even know why we're going to fight you guys. It's pointless. No matter what, you'll always win. In the end, anyways. We may win a battle, but you'll defeat Xemnas. No doubt about it." Zack said.
"What? Why are you guys going to fight us?" Chihiro asked. Zack shook his head.
"No, not you guys. Our look-alikes. Them." Zack said, pointing to Larxene and Zoey.
"Why?" Zoey asked.
"Like the Organization Xemnas used to belong to, we want to exist. The only way to do that is kill you. The same with everyone that we meet." Leroy explained.
"So, you guys are Nobodies, then?" Larxene asked. Leroy shook his head.
"No. We are like them, but we're not them. The Connection Wing's power created us. We are not real. Like simulations, but all of the worlds' powers give us life. But, in order to not live off the worlds, we need to kill the people we're based on. You guys." Leroy said.
"Wait...you're saying I caused all this?" Chihiro asked.
"We can't tell you anymore. In order to know more, you have to keep on going to the other doors and the people in there will tell you more than the other person. We all know our limits." Zack said.
"So you're saying I'm going to have to risk the life of basically everyone in here just to know what the heck you guys are?" Chihiro asked. Zack nodded.
"That's about it." He said.
"Well, thanks, but a definite no thanks. I'd rather have no idea what's going on than the risk of my subordinates getting hurt." Chihiro said. Leroy laughed.
"Too late for that now." He said, his eyes glowed that menacing evil red and so did Zack's as the door slammed shut by itself, and they floated a little.
Almost immediately Larxene's kunais appeared in her hands, and electricity cackled madly around them. Zoey said a bunch of stuff and transformed into JetSilphymon. As soon as that transformation was complete the door opened.
"We can handle these wusses! Go on ahead!" Said the windmill-wielding digimon. Larxene nodded in agreement. Koji walked up to JetSilphymon.
"Are you sure you two'll be alright?" He asked.
"Don't worry about her, Koji, with her older onee-chan here there's nothing to worry about. You guys go on ahead." Larxene said. Koji hesitated, and looked at JetSilphymon once more.
"JetS-no, Zoey. Zoey, I just want to tell you that I..."He stopped. He wasn't the type to just admit his love for someone. Definitely not. Instead, he stepped behind the wind digimon and made sure JetSilphymon couldn't see. He then blew a kiss to her, and walked out with the rest of them.
The Zoey inside JetSilphymon smiled. Since JetSilphymon was the spirit of wind, she caught everything in the air. And she certainly caught that kiss. "Koji...if only you knew I felt the same way..."
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"Leona...we're the only ones left. What are we going to do?" Chihiro asked. They were now on the 17th floor(I didn't want to write everything out, but if it's your up-most desire than I guess I'll have to edit this chapter) and learned a lot, said goodbye to comrades, and the whole nine-yards.
"Converse with each other. I wasn't exactly paying attention to anything the look-alikes of other people were saying." Leona said, rubbing her ears. Chihiro sighed.
"Well, for one, the look-alikes were actually parts of my memory that the Connection Wing caught and transformed into real people. When I opened the doors on the other floors, I thought about one person, and then the Connection Wing took that thought and then made the looka-like in that room. Then my Connection Wing took advantage of the open connections to the worlds and took the worlds' energy and transformed it into life energy that the look-alikes could live on. And so, the worlds were going to die, which is the real reason why they were sending out distress signals to me. Car's such a lier, he thinks he knows everything." Chihiro explained.
"Oooohhh...well, I guess that sort of makes sense, but then why did the look-alikes want to kill their look-alikes?" Leona asked.
"Because the...well, for one thing, so we don't get confused, we'll use 'Simulations' for the look-alikes' and 'The Real Things' for the people who are actually real." Chihiro said. Leona nodded. "Since you weren't paying any attention, the Simulations wanted to kill 'The Real Things' so that the Connection Wing would break the Simulations' connections with the worlds. The reason why it would do that is because 'The Real Things' only have a connection with their own world, and if that were to be destroyed it would destroy that world, and all of their inhabitants' memory of that person."
It was obvious Leona didn't understand, but Chihiro went on anyways.
"Connections are very powerful. So, anyway, if the Simulation destroyed the real thing, the Connection Wing would have no choice but to give the Simulation the life and experience of the real thing." Chihiro explained. Leona nodded.
"But you're saying it like our power is a person." Leona said with a puzzled expression. Chihiro nodded.
"Well...it's kinda confusing, but the Connection Wing does have a mind of it's own. However, what it does depends on the Princess of Gate. For instance, the Connection Wing could be personified as evil in my hands, but I'm not that way. For some reason, the Connection Wing seems to take the opposite of the owner's personality. Since you and I are both good, the Connection Wing is really evil. Although...I wouldn't call it 'evil' it just...has cruel intentions." Chihiro said.
"But how can a power have a own will?" Leona asked. Chihiro cleared her throat before continuing.
"With the Power of the Gate
Burdens a Great Responsibility
The Mind of Time
Will be the Most Honored to
Only One Princess
Shall be bestowed with this curse
However, if there are more
then the first will feel it's wrath.
In a Day of Anew,
when the Worlds shall come
into Oblivion
One Princess shall stand up
against this power
and control it's wrath.
She Will Not be Alone,
But it is Her Ordeal
Then the Mind of Time
Will Rest." Chihiro recited. Leona's mouth formed an 'o'.
"So, you see, the Gods granted the Gate family a special power. But, with power comes responsibility. The Princess who has yet to control the Connection Wing is yet to be found...They're saying that the Gods could not grant the Gate family this power without a burden of some sort. I guess they wanted to play fair." Chihiro said. Leona's mouth formed a bigger 'O'.
"I kinda get it...but..." Leona said, trailing off. Chihiro sighed.
"Alright, what don't you understand?" She asked. Leona shrugged.
"Um...I understand the part with the Simulations, but...is this world a creation of the Connection Wing's, too? I mean, it wouldn't make sense for our power to just plop the Simulations on any old world." Leona said.
"Oh! I forgot to tell you that part. Yes, you're right. But, partly, anyway. This world is actually..." Chihiro struggled for words, "It's like...well, let's just say this: What I'm feeling in my heart the Connection Wing copied. Which is why the Simulations are in here. Because they're fragments of my memory that I don't really...'care for' is how they used it, but, anyway, the Connection Wing took these lost memories and transformed them into 'real' people. Demyx was right when he said it's a raging heart. I never knew what I was feeling affected me that much...it's like my Heart's a Mirrored Battleground." Chihiro said.
"Oh! That makes a lot more sense! You should've said that in the first place instead of all that confusing stuff! So, the Connection Wing is working with Gray to destroy the worlds, then? 'Cause that's what it sounds like!" Leona said.
"...I guess so. Maybe, in a way, yeah. Since my goal is to stop Gray, the opposite of that would be to help him...so, yeah...LEONA! YOU'RE A GENIUS!" Chihiro said, hugging her twin. Leona flashed her a smile. When the hug broke apart, Leona rubbed the back of her head.
"Ah, I get that too much." She said sheepishly.
"Well, now that we've got everything down and talked out with, where should we go now? I mean, we've went up every possible staircase and door." Chihiro said. Leona shook her head.
"Did we ever backtrack?" Leona asked. Chihiro shook her head.
"Now that I think of it, no. But the Simulations said that everyone was alright, so there was no need to check up on anyone." Chihiro said. Leona nodded.
"There was a staircase on the first floor that we never went up. And when we went to the second floor, there wasn't a staircase leading down from the one on the first floor. Isn't that a little strange?" Leona asked. Chihiro nodded.
"Yeah...and there's only one staircase leading down on this floor, and nothing else. It's all empty. Kinda creepy, too, right?" Chihiro asked. Leona nodded. They had to be on the highest floor.
"Yeah. I hate traveling creepy places alone. But at least I get to travel with my twin sister." Leona said. Chihiro nodded.
"Alright, let's go!" Chihiro said, as they both began descending staircases.
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They were now back on the first floor. Chihiro looked at the doorway where Helia and Haku were fighting.
"Should we check on him?" Chihiro asked. Leona shrugged.
"I say we go up the staircase first. We might find something, and if we need help, one of us will come back down here and get him." Leona suggested.
"Good idea. There's the other staircase. Let's go." Chihiro said, running up the staircase, with Leona following behind. When they got off the staircase, it was all dark. They couldn't even see their own hand if they smacked it up to their head.
"Hello, girls." Said a cold voice. Chihiro's fist clenched.
"Xemnas! Where are my friends?" She asked. Leona looked around in alarm.
"W-What's happening, Chihiro? I can't see anything!" Leona said. The lights just happened to go on. They were standing on a flat floor. Obviously another second floor, and Xemnas, with his lasers, were right in front of them. But the light wasn't light enough to see the whole room."Oh...well, I guess I can see some of the room, now."
"Leona, can you handle yourself up here? I need to go and get Haku. He can help us out." Chihiro said Leona nodded, and Chihiro spun around.
"There's no need to." Xemnas said. Chihiro turned back around.
"What do you mean 'no need to'?" She asked. The lights blared on fully. What she and Leona saw made their hearts stop.
Almost literally.
Go cliffhangers. They own so much. Anyways, after this chapter they go to Fruits Baskets, then go to another world(which has yet to be decided) then to the mysterious Castle!
Yay! But, the story isn't anywhere near done yet. Well, not really, but really. Like, maybe around 17 or 20. Then I can get started with my Nausicaa story! Yaaaaay! Well, anyways, please review.