VIII
The halls were white...silent...eerie... They felt as though they were being watched by many... Xanadu was clinging to Zyrex, scared. Everytime he tried to get loose, she'd grip tighter. Arxsen and Toxsyn were taking slow steps forward, while Axel led the way. Xigbar had left to scout ahead, appearing out of nowhere every five minutes.
The group had made it to the Hall Of Lost Memories, hearing footsteps behind them.
"We have to keep moving!"
"A-hyuck! Look, it's the Organization." The voice was high pitched and scratchy.
"Stop right there!" The keyblade bearer had shown up. "Where's Xemnas!?"
"Sorry, but we're not with the Organization..." Karax turned around, flipping her hair. "I was starting to wonder if you would appear or not."
"Out with it, Nobody! Where's Kairi...and Riku... and Xemnas!!!???" Sora was looking for a fight.
"Hate to say this, but I really don't know. Do you know where Xemnas is?" She called up her blades, ready to defend. Sora striked, but missed. Karax had flown on the wind and landed safely behind her comrades. "Xanadu, Toxsyn, Xigbar, handle things here! We're going ahead!" She and the others left the three of them to fight, erecting a barrier that could ony be broken once the battle was over.
They were on the next floor, hearing the clash of weapons below. Arxsen had a worried look on her face. "Do you think that they'll be ok? Sora's a strong kid."
"I don't know. If it costs them their existance, then that's the price that they'll have pay. We need to be successful." Karax looked over at Zyrex and Rainthrax. "Something wrong?"
Rainthrax nodded. "Yeah..."
"We can't go any further than this room unless we find a way to break this barrier." Zyrex was staring at the exit intensely. "Any ideas?"
Axel was standing in front of a strange door that was glowing and had the insignia of the Nobodies on the door. "We need to go through here and fight with Saix..."
"Can you handle it?" Karax was leaning against a wall within the room. "You say we need to get rid of him... and out of the five of us, you know him the best. So..."
"Looks like it's your job, Axel." Rainthrax was looking over her nails.
"I'm going too." Everyone's head turned to Zyrex. "What? I just want a fight... One that's worthy of my skill... Do YOU have a problem with it?" None of the other Nobodies spoke up. "I'll take that as a 'no'. Let's go Axel." He stepped through the door.
"Uh... sure..." Axel followed, disappearing from the room.
The clashing of weapons from below was getting louder, as were the voices and battle cries. "How do you think that they're doing?"
"Who knows..." Karax's head was facing the ground. "Arxsen, are you worried? If so, why?"
"It's not that... I was lost...wandering the endless darkness... I met Toxsyn months ago, and we traveled together, searching for a way out... Then we met you." Her voice sounded doubtful. "I guess I'm just curious about how things are going down there... Why shouldn't I be?"
Rainthrax was sitting in front of the door. "You're welcome to go back and fight..."
"I think I will. See you." She turned around and headed down. Moments after she left, the barrier blocking the forward hall lifted.
"Karax! The barrier!" Her leader's head turned. "I guess they managed to eliminate him..." Karax turned her head and stared at the ground. "Shouldn't we..."
"Where are they then...? If Saix has faded, then where are Axel and Zyrex...?" She walked to the door, looking at it with her deep silver eyes. "I'm going in. Wiat here."
Rainthrax was curious but did as was told. She listened intently to the battle below. The clashes were lighter and there were fewer. "It must be just about done..." She checked over her nails again, extending them to get a better look. "That's new..."
A heavy sigh came from behind. "It's just the two of us from here on in. Are you up to it?"
"They're dead...?" She looked at her leader. "Too bad... They were nice to have around the castle... They livened things up a little bit..." She sighed, breaking the extended nails and regrowing them to normal length. "None of the others have shown up, and not as much sound is coming from below as there used to be. Do you think that they've faded?"
"It's a good guess... But in the meantime, let's move forward. We can't just sit here forever, can we?" She looked past Rainthrax to the exit. "Two more to go..."
Heavy panting was coming from behind both of them, as well as heavy footsteps... "The others are dead."
"Arxsen!"
"What about Sora and his friends? Kairi? Riku?"
"Sora managed to kill all three of them...BY HIMSELF! This isn't going to be as easy as you thought, is it?" Arxsen was using the wall as her support. "As for Riku and Kairi, they were fending off Heartless. Massive amounts of them have been released into the castle. They might be able to hold off the Keyblade brat for a little while." She stood, brushing something off of her arm. "Where are the others...What about Xemnas...?"
"We were just on our way to Xemnas... As for Zyrex and Axel..." Karax sighed and Rainthrax blinked. "Well, they won't be joining us again." She looked at the open path. "Let's go. The Altar of Naught is where we'll find Xemnas and Xanamas."
"Xanamas?"
Rainthrax took a step closer to her new ally. "A former ally of ours. She left us and our ideals for that of Organization XIII... Betrayed us. She told them about our plans and what our next move to be. Once we figured it out, she left with one of the members. Ever since..." She coughed. "...she's been working with them. She's Xemans's new second-in-command."
"I get it. So, we'll need to eliminate her along with Xemnas?"
"Yes."
"Let's get to it before the brat manages to catch up." Arxsen ran on ahead, leaving Karax and Rainthrax behind.
"Something tells me that she'll be the next to go." Rainthrax was walking toward the hall. "What do you think?"
"I haven't been sure about what to think about anything for a year..."
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ok... I know that that was really badly rushed, by I'm currently in a bad mood because of my parents, so excuse the rush. Anyways, I didn't actually plan to kill off five people... I only planed to kill off three. My friend, who assumes Arxsen as her alternate identity asked me to add her in, so I did. This changed things up a little bit, so... yeah. As for Axel and Zyrex's death, they weren't supposed to happen until chpt 9, and I had only planned an killing Axel in his fight with Saix (here's what happened: Saix dies, but then Axel uses up all of his energy and dies...) there, but I'd had enough of adding Zyrex into things, so I killed him off, too. (Actually, I'm in a bit of a murderous mood right now... I don't expect sympathy, but writing this fic is actually my way of venting my anger... heh heh... insert evil grin)
About chpt 9, I think that it may be the last chpt, but I'm still not entirely sure. If I rush through it as well, it will be. I guess we'll just have to wait and see, huh? In the meantime, I've been working on some Org XIII fanart. Marly is in progress, but I left my drawing pencils at school, so I can't finish him for the next few days. If you want, you can check out my profile at I don't have anything really interesting there yet, but I'm working on stuff that I can post on there. As soon as I figure out how to post fanfiction on there, all of my fics will be on there as well!!! Until I finish Marly or chpt 9, see ya!!
(I know this is a long, but important note. Thanks for taking the time to read it!!)