XIII Guardians
Chapter One: Signs of the Master
It was late on a Thursday evening, when two beings ran through the streets of Twilight Town. One being resembled a ninja; his armour and attire was the giveaway but he was carrying a ninjato sword on his back. The other being looked more like an Olympian God but the only difference was that his face was more demon like and he was carrying a long staff in his right hand.
"We must be near now" said the ninja.
"How can we be near them, Ninjoro, especially since there's something we need to bring to the master" replied the Olympian being.
"That's easy, Zeviot, my ninja sight is telling me the location of the monsters" Ninjoro stated.
"Well then, where are they located?" Zeviot asked.
Ninjoro looked up at a nearby building where he saw a monster, resembling a chimera being fought by a man in a long black hooded coat. The man swung his claymore, projecting a crescent of silver energy from it, causing the chimeric monster to fall back.
"There's Chimericon" Ninjoro stated.
"Well spotted, however, he appears to be being beaten" replied Zeviot.
"Should we get involved" Ninjoro queried.
"Not yet" Zeviot stated.
"This is where it ends, monster" the man snarled.
"Oh, I'm so scared" replied Chimericon.
"Well you should be" the man stated.
The man looked up at the moon, his amber eyes were fixed on it as the wind rustled his long frayed blue hair. He then lifted his claymore to the moon, the top was pointing up at it.
"I call on the spirit of the Barred Owl" he snapped.
He placed his claymore behind his back, before performing a series of hand movements that caused the ghost of a barred owl to appear in front of him. The owl screeched, flapping its wings. The man redrew his claymore, pointing it at the owl spirit, a light streamed from the claymore, enabling the man to raise it to his head.
Then with one mighty swing the man swung his claymore down, the owl spirit flew from it, straight at Chimericon. Chimericon barely had a chance to react because the owl spirit was coming so fast, it struck him squarely, knocking him to the ground before disappearing.
Chimericon was now on the floor, attempting to get back up now. As he did so, the man conjured another animal spirit, this was his main animal spirit, the wolf. The wolf spirit howled fervently and galloped forward, viciously attacking Chimericon with its teeth.
The man raised his claymore to the moon, almost as though he was absorbing its energy. He then moved it in a circular motion, following the moon's shape. With a mighty swing he swung it forward, sending a wave of blue energy from it.
The wave of blue energy struck Chimericon, who sparked and smoked from the hit. He screamed in pain as his body began to shake.
"I may be dying but this is just the beginning" he said, exploding into fire.
The man then put his claymore away, as soon as Chimericon was destroyed. Both Ninjoro and Zeviot watched in horror, as they saw Chimericon explode. However, another man joined the man with the long frayed blue hair.
"That was a good defeat of Chimericon, Saix" the other man stated.
"He was away from his partner but believe you me he put up a good fight" Saix replied.
The other man was like Saix in attire but he had ruffled pink hair that was falling to his shoulders, feminine features and blue eyes. He was also wielding a scythe, known as the Graceful Dahlia.
"Where's the other monster, Marluxia?" Saix queried.
"I don't know but I'm sure he can't be far" Marluxia replied.
"I see but I saw these two-strange monsters talking about Chimericon and another monster" Saix explained.
"What did they look like?" Marluxia asked.
"One looked like a ninja and the other one looked like an Olympian being" Saix answered.
Then a laugh sounded, it was the other monster, it had come back and it was giant sized.
"Think you two could get rid of me?" the monster laughed.
"We'll do more than just that" Saix responded.
He turned to Marluxia, an idea had come to him.
"Marluxia, summon your stag spirit and make it paralyse the monster" he said.
"Good idea" Marluxia replied.
Marluxia pointed his scythe at the ground, the cross on the top glowed an emerald green colour and a beautiful stag spirit marched out of it. The stag spirit warbled briefly, raising its head to emit a striking silver dust from its antlers. As soon as the dust hit the other monster it was paralysed.
"Quick Saix, now's your chance" Marluxia said abruptly.
"I call upon the spirit of the wolf" Saix said firmly.
Sure enough, Saix manifested his wolf spirit which galloped from his body when he summoned it. The wolf howled once again before viciously attacking the monster with both its fangs and claws. Saix then swung Lunatic, his claymore at the monster, a wave of silver-blue light flowed from the blade and killed it.
The monster sparked and smoked from the hit, it soon tumbled backwards and exploded into fire. However, Ninjoro and Zeviot both saw it, a look of horror crossed Zeviot's face but Ninjoro was perfectly calm.
"You realise that both Chimericon and Shamblor were destroyed" Zeviot gasped.
"Of course, I know that, but at the same time their presence only means one thing to us" Ninjoro replied.
"What's that one thing" asked Zeviot
"The master has returned" Ninjoro said brightly.
"Come, let us look for more signs of our master's return" Zeviot stated.
With that Ninjoro and Zeviot walked away from the site where Shamblor fell, both were feeling very excited indeed. However, they would have to go to where their master was now residing. Although both were still looking for signs of Master Havoc's return.
As they left, Ninjoro and Zeviot soon noticed several Twilight Town buildings that had been ravaged by Chimericon and Shamblor, indicating signs of the master. Both were taking mental notes of their master's potential signs. However, they soon came to a wooden platform that had a handle on it.
"What's this?" Zeviot asked.
"A door, genius" Ninjoro replied.
"Where does it lead then" Zeviot queried.
"Let's open it and find out" Ninjoro said smugly.
Ninjoro crouched down to a knee and pulled the handle up, revealing a set of stairs that were going down.
"Come on, Zeviot follow me" Ninjoro stated.
Zeviot followed Ninjoro down the stairs, under the shaft where they soon came to a large room. The room was adorned with monster statues, as well as several dukes and generals that had fallen.
"Wow, so this was where it was leading" Zeviot probed.
"That's right, Zeviot, this is our home" Ninjoro responded.
In seconds both Zeviot and Ninjoro heard footsteps coming slowly towards them, they remained alert, listening as the footsteps glided closer. Then a tall being clad in a black robe walked towards them. The being was also holding a sceptre in his left hand.
When the being arrived, Zeviot and Ninjoro kneeled to the floor, bowing their heads respectfully. The being lowered his hood, revealing a demonic face with blood red eyes and gold skin. He also had two folded dragon wings sprouting from his back, only they were concealed by his robe.
"Master Havoc, it's good to see you" Ninjoro stated
"Yes, Master Havoc, I am delighted to see you" Zeviot added.
"Well, I am delighted to see you both as well, however, you bumbling fools did nothing to help Chimericon and Shamblor" Master Havoc said fiercely.
"We didn't know that they were in danger and those two guys destroyed them" Zeviot replied.
"That's not an excuse, Zeviot" Master Havoc snarled.
"Of course, Master I will do better next time" Zeviot replied.
"You'd better, Zeviot but we have no time to lose, we must resurrect our fallen dukes and generals, then we will attack the world" Master Havoc said smugly, his eyes gleaming with evil.
Meanwhile, back in Twilight Town, Saix and Marluxia decided to go back and report the return of Master Havoc so the rest of the Organization knew and then they could act accordingly. However, the rest of the organization were currently unaware of this occurrence. The unawareness meant that Master Havoc may have already damaged more places and could already be resurrecting an army.
After their return to the Organization headquarters in The World That Never Was, Saix and Marluxia were greeted at the door by Vexen, the ice master. Vexen led them inside and they met with Xemnas, who was the leader of Organization XIII along with Xigbar and Xaldin.
"Xemnas, I've got some bad news for you" Marluxia stated.
"What is it?" Xemnas asked.
"Master Havoc has returned" Marluxia replied.
"Master Havoc, how do you know?" Xemnas queried.
"Saix and I fought two of his monsters and we also saw two servants of his in Twilight Town" Marluxia explained.
"Really?" Xemnas added.
"Yes, I destroyed one of them and then Marluxia and I teamed up and destroyed the other one when it was a giant" Saix interjected.
"I see, that means we must take action as soon as possible" Xemnas said firmly.
"In fact, we must be prepared for anything that he throws at us" Xigbar chipped in.
"I know, from what I saw he and his two goons live underneath Twilight Town" Saix continued.
"Well observed, Saix but we'll need to determine how to go about beating him again" Xemnas stated.
"Quite right, but the question is, how do we know that we're only contending with him and his two goons" Xaldin added.
"Good point, he may have other dukes and generals" Vexen stated.
"That's right, he could probably be up to something foul, knowing him" Marluxia presumed.
"He already is, those two goons couldn't have been shopping in Twilight Town" Saix explained.
"Too right, we must stop him at all costs" Xemnas affirmed.
Back in underground Twilight Town, Master Havoc was determining the resurrection of another Duke for his army. However, he was unsure which one to resurrect and where to attack next.
"Zeviot, your services are required" Master Havoc stated.
"Yes, Master Havoc, what must I do" Zeviot replied.
"See that statue over there, entombed in it is the soul of Duke Turtlex" Master Havoc explained, gesturing to a statue resembling a humanoid turtle warrior.
"So?" asked Zeviot.
"You must resurrect him" Master Havoc explained.
"Right away, Master Havoc" Zeviot stated, he aimed his staff at the statue.
"Dark Spirits from long before, give this Duke life once more" Zeviot said firmly.