Well talk about creepy with a capital C!
Yet another member had been added to their beloved organization, fourteen, Xion. And she sure was giving Axel the creeps.
Not that she was doing anything…. Actually that was probably the problem, the way the girl would just be standing in her corner with the hood covering her face.
Her movements to seemed robotic. Axel had yet to even hear her voice, he started to wonder if perhaps she was a mute.
A mute whom had no face? …. Urk. Yikes!
For some reason though, Roxas seemed extremely curious about their newest member, Axel wished he could understand why.
Roxas would always steal glances at her, even ask questions about her at their ice-cream sections. Honestly though.
Axel though didn't have to much time to think of that, he had a new mission.
"Sora will soon arrive at castle oblivion." Xemnas informed the selected members as they were seated in their meeting room. "Roxas's original self."
That made Axels eyes widen and he sat up. "Hey! Stop! Wow-wow-wow! Time out!" he exclaimed making everyone look at him. "Roxas's original self?" he asked. "But… How?!" he asked. "Roxas still exist beside us, how can they both be here at the same time?!" he asked.
"Using the power of one of the princess's of heart." Xemnas started to explain in a calm voice. "Soras heart managed to take form, even though his body has been left behind as Roxas. His current form though is fickle, which is why we must strike."
"I… Still don't get it." Axel admitted. "We can't exist alongside our original selves, we are the empty bodies left behind when someone loose their heart. If the heart was returned and the original person reborn, we wouldn't be here anymore!"
Vexen made an annoyed snort. "You don't need to ask questions, you just need to do your job."
Axel pouted annoyed.
"You have your orders." Xemnas stated. "Now go."
And they all nodded as they disappeared one by one, one was stopped though.
"Axel, a word." Xemnas spoke.
Axel smirked as he sat back.
"I have a special mission for you." Xemnas stated.
"Who do you need to get rid of?" Axel asked.
Xemnas smirked satisfied. "Among the people who just left this room, whom will be going to castle oblivion. There is a traitor. Find the traitors and dispose of them." he asked.
"Sure." Axel nodded. "You know though, some of them may not be that happy about me killing their friends."
"Then dispose of them." Xemnas asked in a casual voice. "I have no need for disloyal members."
"Heh." Axel grinned. "Sure thing."
"Yo, Saix!" Axel grinned as he entered Saix's private chambers.
Saix sighed as he turned around to face the red haired man. "You know why we can't be seen together to often." he stated.
"What? What's wrong with two colleagues hanging out?" Axel asked, then he turned more serious. "You were the one forming the team that is going to be send to castle oblivion, aren't you?" he asked.
Saix nodded his eyes cold.
"And I am on the team, so... What do you need me to do?" Axel asked. It was clear, Axel was Saix's personal plant, what-ever he did he would make sure it couldn't be traced back to Saix.
"There are traitors in the group." Saix informed. "Xemnas already suspects that much doesn't he?"
"Yup, he gave me special orders to." Axel plainly admitted. "Find the traitor, dispose of him. He doesn't seem to know who it is though."
"It's Larxene and Marluxia." Isa stated shortly.
Axel blinked. "Oh.." he realized. "Well... That seems to clear that up. Assuming you are correct."
Saix shrugged. "Larxene and Marluxia are the true traitors to Xemnas, how-ever. There are other people standing in my way." he informed holding a hand over his chest.
Axel nodded as he listened.
"If you dispose of Larxene and Marluxia... Xemnas will not care that other people got caught in the crossfire as well." Saix pointed out. "You understand?"
"Got it loud and clear." Axel blinked. "I'll handle your little pest problem, I'll set events so it'll go in your favor. You can trust me." he informed in a bow. "See, I still got ya back!" he stated in a grin as he stood back up.
"Indeed." Saix nodded. "You never diverged from your role. At least there is one person I can count on here."
And Axel grinned, his smile staying on his face as he left the room, how-ever as he had left the smile faltered and he frowned…
He didn't mind doing stuff like this for Saix, he had done stuff like this many times, and for such a long time.
How come then, that Saix's cold eyes just… It didn't feel good.
Axel sighed as he opened a dark corridor to go to the clock tower where Roxas would be waiting, he was kind of late, then as he saw the young boy did Roxas look up, and his eyes lightened up.
Roxas… Was genuinely happy to see him, even called out. "AXEL!" in a happy voice. "You came! Thank goodness, I started to worry you wouldn't."
Axel couldn't help but smile amused as he walked over to his spot and sat down. "So, learned anything new today?" he asked.
"Yeah!" Roxas grinned, so happy to be able to tell Axel about his new discoveries. "Rainbows are actually light reflected in water!" he informed Axel. "The water in the air, breaks up the white light and make colors!"
Axel chuckled as he shook his head. "How did you figure that out?" he asked.
"I saw a rainbow in a water fountain and asked about it." Roxas admitted.
Damn… How could Roxas be so innocent? When all the other nobodies were… Axel halted then he shook his head. It was probably better to not think of it… Roxas would face the harsh reality of their existence soon enough.
Authors note... Well gosh dangit, this is why I should have do research before starting writing fics. I based this story on the information I could gather in Kingdom Hearts 3 and Birth by sleep. I completely forgot about all the Ansem reports in Kingdom Hearts 2! And... yeah... I went back and looked and... I may re-write portions of the first part of the fic.
Not right now though, I want to finish it first... But yeah... I was not being as accurate as I thought I was... Gosh darn it. Sorry guys.