VII

The World That Never Was was dark, shady, and empty. Nothing stood out, but it was easy to tell that the world was the doppelganger, or Nobody of Twilight town. It was beginning to make sense to each of them.

"You know... Wind doesn't only obey a single person... Karax..." The voice was strange, obviously belonging to a man. To who? That remained a mystery. They stood at the base of Memory's Skyscraper, looking around in all directions. "When will you learn that you're just a little girl who doesn't know what she's getting into?"

Karax sighed. "I may be young, but I'm stronger than you think. Xaldin, Whirlwind of Six Lances... Today is the day you die." She called up her weapons, but something was different about them. They weren't her blades. They were crested with diamonds.

Zyrex and Xigbar were looking around, and Xanadu was trying to listen to his footsteps to pinpoint his location. "Where is he?"

"Dude, how did you know it was him?"

"SHHHH!!!!! Be quiet!"

Rainthrax was staring at a different building. "We're being watched by one of the younger members. Roxas, I believe." Her nails grew and she growled. "Should I go after him? He could pose to be a threat." She kept staring at him, waiting for an answer. "Karax!?"

"Leave him be." She watched as Xaldin floated down from the top of the skyscraper. "I want all of you to stay out of this. He's mine." Something was manifesting itself on her back, and she began to rise in the air. With her blades in hand and wings of wind on her back, she was ready to fight. "Before we start this, I want an answer. Why come here to challenge us? Why reveal yourself?" She was grinning deeply and sighed again.

"A fair fight."

She laughed. She laughed and she couldn't stop laughing. "HA! Ha ha ha! Since when have members of Organization XIII fought fairly?" She flew up to the top of the skyscraper and landed softly with a vortex of swirling wind beneath her feet. "Geez... I'm curious...do you ever get called fuzzface, fuzzface?"

He growled at her. Back on the ground, Xigbar and Axel were laughing like crazy. Rainthrax was still watching Roxas. "Xigbar, I'm surprised that you didn't come up with that. I'm definitely gonna memorize that! That's funny... Xaldin equals Fuzzface."

"Still not as funny as Mansex..." Xigbar began to laugh even harder, cutting himself off from air. "At least no one's figured out the anagram to my name..." His eyes shifted back and forth. Rainthrax didn't notice, but Zyrex had a disgusted look on his face.

"I have a feeling that I don't want to know, but I'm gonna ask anyway..." He sighed and took a deep breath. "What exactly do you mean by... Mansex...?"

Axel's eyes grew wide and Xigbar gasped, taking a step back. "You don't know!?" Neither of them could believe it. "It's the rearrangement of Xemnas!! Mansex!!"

"Let me guess..." A woman wearing an organization cloak appeared out of nowhere. She had long red hair that was tied together in several places that went down to her knees. She jumped off of the building she was standing on, and landed behind Rainthrax. Her weapons, two swords on chained hilts, flew out towards Xaldin. "Yours rearranges into Bigrax... Honestly though, I thought that members of the Organization were all business..."

One of Karax's blades flew at the stranger. "Xaldin is mine!" The blades returned to her hand.

"By all means. I prefer to watch, anyways. Good luck." She leaned against one of the buildings, leaving them to their business. Staring at Karax and Rainthrax, she crossed her arms and sighed. "Oh, you'll want to watch out for when the winds speed up..."

Ignoring the stranger, the leader of the renegades made the first move toward Xaldin who vanished instantly. Gusts of wind clashed, forcing anyone in the area to brace themselves.

"You don't stand a chance. You know nothing of what will happen. Die." Xaldin attacked, all six of his lances striking at the same time. Blood spattered on the distant ground. "I told you."

Spitting out a mouthful of her own blood, the Dancing Winds raised her right hand and lowered the left, combining both of the blades in the middle by bringing them together with force, she held the circular shield-like weapon in her left hand. "You know nothing of pain." She landed on one of the darkened building, spinning the shield until the edges glowed a bright blue and flew inches away from her hand. "Let's see if you can dodge this!" Throwing her blades, the wings on her back disappeared and she jumped.

The stranger smiled, still leaning against the wall. Zyrex was in front of her, standing beside Rainthrax and Xanadu. Axel was amazed by his new leader's weapon, and XIgbar was off sulking in a corner. Karax landed in front of the skyscraper, with her only injury so far being the cut Xaldin had given her on the neck. Catching the shield in the same hand she tossed it with, Karax detached them and watch Xaldin fall. The ones who followed her were amazed by the hidden skill that none of them had seen before.

Xaldin landed on the ground with a thud. Cuts and gashes covered his body. Karax walked over to him. "You won't be able to defeat Xemnas or the girl. They are far superior to you!"

"Who said I was going to fight them?" She whispered. "I don't care if all of us end up fading back to darkness like you are now, I just want him to learn that he will never have the ultimate power..." She crouched down. "You saw... You know how easily I beat you. How hard do you think it's going to be for me to kill Xemnas or Xanamas? Xanamas once followed my orders... You know that, too, don't you?"

"Devil..." He had almost completely faded. "Axel, Xigbar... You traitors... Xemnas will kill both of you someday"

Karax whispered into his ear. "You fail." WIth those words, Xaldin faded completely. Karax stood and walked up to the stranger. "You with the long red hair. What's your name?"

She faced Karax, pushing herself off from the wall. "My name is Arxsen. And this..." A blonde/brown haired man who had hazel eyes appeared out of the darkness. "...is Toxsyn."

Toxsyn appeared to be 17, had spiky brown/blonde hair, hazel eyes, and wore a standard organization cloak but with fingerless gloves. A black bow was on his back. "Nice to meet you." He drew his bow and held it in his left hand, running the fingers of his right hand over an inscription that was carved onto the backside.

Arxsen placed a hand on her hip. "'Liked by many, loved by none...' That's what he says to anyone or anything that he kills. His last words to them."

He had a deep voice, and was staring at Xigbar. He drew back with an arrow in hand. "You might be the next one..."

"Toxsyn!" Arxsen's head turned to watch him. "He has a few anger issues."

"So I see." Karax offered her hand to both of them. "Karax. The ones behind me are Rainthrax, Zyrex, Xanadu, Axel, and Xigbar. Are you willing to fight alongside us?"

Toxsyn withdrew his shot from Xigbar. "What's in it for us, Ms. Karax?"

The Dancing Winds tossed one of her blades at the psychotic archer, and he retaliated by drawing back. Rainthrax and Zyrex stood in front of their leader as a form of defence. "Enough, both of you. It's Karax. Nothing else but Karax."

"Got it memorized?" The next blade flew at Axel, cutting off three small spikes of hair. "I'll shut up."

Rainthrax and Xanadu glared at Number VIII, and then to the new renegades. "We plan on taking out Xemnas to stop his rage from spreading further. Then, we can rule Kingdom Hearts, even if it is the source of all light and darkness."

Toxsyn looked at Arxsen and then back at the group of cloaked Nobodies. He placed his bow back on his back and watched as his companion sent away her swords. "Sounds good to me. What about you?"

"I'm fine with it." She looked over all six of them. "We'll help you out."

"Good. We'll need it, trust me. Let me just set one thing straight..." She looked up to where Rainthrax was staring. "While you're with us, you follow my orders. Got it?" She watched as both of them nodded. "Rainthrax? You okay?"

"What should I do about him?" Both her fangs and claws were extended and she continued to stare upwards. "He's just been watching us since we arrived in this world. He could prove to be a threat to us."

"Dude, who you talkin' 'bout?" He tired to find what Rainthrax was seeing. " I don't see anything up there."

"Roxas..." Axel stared up at the light haired kid. "It's Roxas, Xigbar."

"DUDE! I DON'T FRIGGIN' SEE 'IM!!!"

Karax, Zyrex, and Arxsen sighed while Toxsyn scoffed. "I though you guys had a mission. Shouldn't you be getting back to it?" His heavy footsteps continued toward the castle.

"He's right." Zyrex walked away, taking a look at Rainthrax. "C'mon Seeker... Let's move it."