Torn in Two

Halloween Town Meeting

"What are you looking at Ienzo?" a voice dawned him to his senses. The silver haired male looked over his shoulder to see a man with jet black hair standing there. His indigo eyes hardened at the sight.

"It's none of your business, Braig." Ienzo stated coldly, looking back to his book. He was currently sitting in his room, on the window seat next to a giant window. His legs were on the seat bent as well, and a book was in his lap. Outside, Radiant Garden's town was bustling with people going to and fro to their many destinations. The kids played outside in the bright sun and yet, the castle Ienzo was currently in seemed so far away from it all.

Braig chuckled and stepped to the younger one, ruffling his hair a bit. "Well, well; looky here. It seems Ienzo has a crush huh?" he said, looking out into the crowd of people. There stood a teenaged girl, much like Ienzo's age, playing with the other kids. Her bright blonde hair swaying from her running away with a ball tucked under her arms.

The girl wore an orange tank top, on the back hung off two long blue stripes of fabric. Why? Braig didn't know! She had on really short green shorts, and her belly could be seen. A loose orange belt hung around her waist, and a holster of some sort was around her right thigh. A pair of goggles were around her neck, and she had on high tan boots. A green armband was around her left bicep, and a gray glove on her left hand. A black fingerless glove was on her right hand. However, Ienzo could not see her face.

Ienzo frowned and pushed Braig away. "Go away I said!" he commanded and huffed. He didn't like it when people just barged into his room without announcing themselves. He looked out on the girl and with held a sigh. Braig looked to Ienzo, then the girl.

"What's her name?" he asked simply. Ienzo didn't answer for a while, only stared.

"Ri-" he said. Braig nodded. He smiled and patted the young boy on the head once more, then exited the room. Ienzo sighed finally, and continued to look outside. He longed to be able to be so carefree like them. Like her…

Zexion groaned as he felt the bright sunshine on his face. He knew today was the day he was going to go on his assignment with Saix. However, the twilight haired male wondered where that dream came from. It was weird. He couldn't remember who the girl was…or what her face looked like. Zexion was usually good at names and faces. Exceptionally, if he may brag a little. But it was weird for she was the only one he couldn't remember…

A knock at the door made Zexion swing his legs over the side of his bed. He got up, grabbing his cloak along the way and pulling it on –he was only in white boxers. He was zipping it up as he opened the door. Saix stood there looking ready, as usual. Even though he didn't come off as a morning person; when an assignment came for him, he was ready days before hand.

"Ready?" he asked. Zexion nodded and turned around, closing the door for a moment. He unzipped his cloak once more to pull on his pants, and boots. For a top, he pulled on a midnight blue shirt; on which was a couple of rainbow stars at the bottom left of the shirt. He had it since he was an apprentice. He sighed as he picked up the pouch he had readied and put it on a holster. He swung the holster around his right thigh and tightened it tight enough where it wouldn't fall off, no matter what he was doing. He then grabbed his cloak and zipped it up once more. He brushed his hair quickly and headed out his door. He looked to Saix and nodded. The scarred man opened a portal, and entered. Zexion following in tow.

They arrived at Halloween town in a matter of minutes. Zexion looked around at the weird dark town. He actually might like it. It was nice and quiet…and dark. Almost peaceful. Zexion looked up to see that the moon was covered with clouds at the moment, but it was most likely full. He was tapped on the shoulder however, and he looked back to see Saix there. He pointed down at Zexion's body for some reason, and the Cloaked Schemer looked to see what he was looking at.

His organization cloak was now gone. Instead, he had on a black zip up vest, the collar was up a little and on his head was a black crown that seemed to float only a little. His skin was paler than usual and Zexion could tell he was colder to the touch. His pants were leather, and they were tucked into black boots which went up to his knees. The boots had silver buckles on them, shining in the smallest of light. On his back were two little bat wings that were made out of feathers for some odd reason. Around his neck was the Nobody's sign held onto a small chain chocker. It was a little uncomfortable since Zexion was pulling a little on it to get the usual air he did. However, he stopped when he felt something unusual in his mouth. He felt his teeth, and found two protruding canines abnormally long and sharp.

He had fangs.

Zexion kept himself from freaking out, and instead looked to Saix. Why hasn't he changed? He asked himself. Saix seemed to read his mind and shrugged. Zexion wanted to find out why he was in the form he was. Hell, he was starting to rethink his idea about Halloween Town all together. Being a vampire wasn't as fun as it seemed…The Cloaked Schemer looked around for their mission, wanting to get his mind off of what he was at the moment. Saix was looking as well; however, they couldn't seem to find anyone there.

Zexion was going to ask if there was anyone there when a tall skeletal creature stepped toward them wearing a black and white pinstriped suit. He had a huge grin on his face as he stepped forward, and it seemed there was another with him. A girl much shorter followed behind him and she had hair. Her skin was like patches and it seemed she had been…sewn together. Zexion had to keep himself from cringing from the thought of being sewn together than badly…

He and Saix watched as the skeleton man and the patchy girl looked over them. The man's smile somehow widened. "Welcome! To Halloween Town!" He said, and his face suddenly became an evil grin. However, Saix and Zexion just stared at him as though he were what you could call normal. They glanced at each other and then back to the skeleton.

"And…you would be…?" Zexion asked. Maybe he could get information from this guy. The skeleton man laughed and gazed at his visitors.

"My friends, call me Jack Skellington, or Jack for short." He said. Zexion didn't really care. Glancing to

Saix, who nodded, he looked to Jack.

"We're looking for someone by the name of 'Santa clause'. Know him?" he asked. Jack's eyes widened at this, and he smiled even wider. Zexion was seriously getting creeped out by the skeleton; he wanted to bash it's skull in. That was bad for he was starting to sound like Saix.

"Sandy Clause! Well, he lives up in Christmas Town. I'll take you there." He enlightened the two nobodies and started off out of town. The girl waved and headed back into the weird looking residence behind her.

Zexion and Saix had shadowed Jack to an unusual forest. On some of the trees were peculiar looking doors. One had an egg as a door! However, the one Jack took them to had a tree shaped door. The tree was decorated nicely and even though it wasn't an actual tree, it seemed to glitter. Jack opened the door to reveal the hollow interior. The two guests peered inside, but before they could question their guide, they were pushed in. Jack waved to them as they fell the unknown distance to a different location. "Go to the workshop! There you will find Sandy Clause!" he bellowed after them, the words echoing throughout the tree.

The two organization members fell downward for a short amount of time. Although, the Cloaked Schemer was soon confused as they were falling…up? He was abruptly thrown out into some soft, cold powdery substance. The twilight haired male sat up and looked around. Everything was white, and shined from some unknown light. He didn't understand why the ground was so…soft. Saix landed on him, pushing him back down into the cold powder. It took only a second for Saix to stand up straight, and Zexion soon followed.

"The workshop…eh?" Saix asked, peeking at Zexion from the corner of his eye. Zexion nodded, starting toward the far off red town ahead of them. He wondered what was in store for them there, unsure of what was going to happen. Thanks to his…transformation, he couldn't trust anything.

They got there pretty fast, seeing as they had hurried. The two of them did have something in common: they liked to get their missions done as soon as possible. Zexion saw the workshop and was headed over to it when he heard a scream. He looked a bit startled for a moment, but noticed that it came from the area they were headed. Zexion hurried and ran to the building, Saix in tow.

They opened the door to find a blonde girl hugging a big fat man in red with a long white beard and red hat. This girl had her own hat on; it was a witch's hat too. It was a hot pink color with a large brim and a feather on the tip. She had on a matching pink dress with black lining. It was a halter top, yet almost Japanese with the two flaps crossing over each other –the left was over the right- and there was a black and gold wrap around her stomach. The bottom part stopped at mid-thigh and had three orange belt-like things in the front. The sleeves started at her shoulders and covered her hands somewhat –which had fishnet on them. Long hot pink and golden yellow stockings were only inches from the bottom of her skirt, and covered the rest of her legs right down to her sandals.

Zexion watched her as she practically made the fat man's face turn as red as his suit. He raised an eyebrow, and she finally seemed to notice them. "Oh…Um…hehe…" she giggled nervously as she let the man go, looking to the new comers with a slight blush. "You see…I kinda just found out…I was on the…nice list…?" she tried to explain. However, it seemed that the two men didn't care at all.

Zexion and Saix walked past her and to the red suited man who was trying to catch his breath. "Sir, are you named Santa Clause?" Zexion asked him. The man looked around, then up. He smiled and nodded.

"Why, yes I am. Are you here to see if you're on my nice list?" he asked in a cheery tone. Zexion shook his head, looking over his shoulder to Saix. The girl watched confused on what was going on. Saix nodded and walked over, grabbing Santa by his collar and started to drag him up into a doorway leading to a different and most likely empty room.

"Get her out of here six." He said as he continued his way into the shop. The girl watched and ran after Saix, grabbing his arm.

"Wh-what are you doing to Santa Clause?!" she cried. Saix pushed her away with no effort. Zexion grabbed her by her arm roughly, and pulled her up off of the ground from falling. He started to drag her out of the door, when a certain brunette, dog and duck appeared.

"Let Santa go!" Sora demanded. Saix indeed dropped the old one, and turned his attention to the more challenging foe. He summoned his claymore and an insane smile came upon his facial features. Zexion saw this and pushed the girl at Sora and his companions. Stalling them for only a moment, he motioned for Saix to fight as he went to go get Santa's heart. Saix nodded, pleased with the decision. He turned to Sora and lunged at them.

Zexion found himself in the workshop. He looked around for the fat red clad man. Before he could find him however, someone tackled him. "I won't let you hurt Santa!" a girl's voice told him, strained from trying to keep him down. Zexion struggled from underneath her to get up. He managed to roll out from under her and ran further away from her.

She for him once more, and Zexion dodged it easily now that he could see and predict her movements. Her hair flew by his nose, her scent consuming his senses. He was momentarily dazed for a reason he could not figure out. It smelt so familiar, and yet he couldn't place his finger on it. The vision of the girl from his dream entered his mind as he tried to think of who it was. Before he could dwell any longer on it, he was pushed into a wall…Hard.

He snapped back, his eyes focusing on the girl's face. But what caught his interest more was a glowing pendant around her neck. He was being drawn toward it, and he couldn't tear his eyes off of it. Even her growling voice couldn't snap him out of his trance.

"Who are you!" she yelled. Zexion didn't look to her, only frowned.

"I could as you the same question." The twilight haired male said calmly, his eyes glued to her pendant. "Where did you get that?" he asked her trying hard as he might to look up, but to no avail.

The girl instinctively grabbed the pendant in her hand, and stepped away from Zexion. She looked at it caringly and thought on it for a while. "I'm Rikku…for starters. Where I got this is of no concern to you." She said, venom seething from every word she spoke to the man in front of her. Zexion raised an eyebrow, finally able to look her in the eye.

"You can call me Zexion. As for the pendant…" he was interrupted when a howl broke through the air. He frantically searched for the culprit of the horrendous sound. He soon gave up and ran outside, Rikku tailing him. As soon as he exited the workshop, he saw that Saix wasn't the one fighting Sora anymore. Instead it was a large blue haired creature. It was the color of Saix's hair, and between its yellow eyes were the cross-shaped scar there. The creature was somewhat like a dog or wolf. Then it hit Zexion. The reason why Saix hadn't changed at first.

He was a werewolf.

It made sense now. Nonetheless, Zexion didn't have time to dwell on that. He hadn't found the fat man and therefore, they had failed at their mission. Zexion growled slightly, snarling at the wolf. He started toward Sora and them, but was suddenly shocked by a thunder spell. He fell to his knee and looked behind to se where it came from. Rikku stood there, her hands on her hips, smiling. "That's what you deserved!" she said and chuckled.

Zexion ignored her and looked in the direction of the wolf. "Saix." He called out and opened a portal. He stepped into it, and a reluctant werewolf Saix followed closely behind. Zexion wasn't going to let that girl off easily. He was going to find her and get his retribution. She wasn't going to get off easily for making them fail their mission. He swore he would.

Alright, there you have it. The second chapter. Yes it took me a while to get this done and I'm just trying to figure out how to organize my thoughts people, but I really like this story. I want to finish it, so please help me out and review. Tell me your thoughts. I welcome any questions or ideas!

Next time:

Zexion and Saix return to the castle and to their Superior. They have to tell him of their failure, however, something pleases Xemnas about the girl. Now sent after Rikku, Zexion is faced with visions of his past he never knew he had. Can he push these thoughts and feelings aside? Or will he turn on the organization?