"Xigbar..." For eight solid minutes Zexion stood outside of Xigbars room, "I'm going to leave." Zexion wasnt at all comfortable with Sydnee hanging out with Vexen in the labs. If Xigbar said it was so urgent, why make him wait?
Zexion rolled his eyes as the ninth minute ticked by. Finally Xigbar opened the door, "Hey Zex, come on in."
"Xigbar...I'd rather-" To late, Xigbar pulled him into the room. It was horrid, but not as bad as last time.
"I cleaned a little bit..." Xigbar had cleaned the pig lair a bit. There was no longer month old food randomly lying around, instead it was stuffed in a corner. As for his dirty clothes...lets not go there...Xigbars room was by far the scariest room in the organization. Rancid smells escaping from various corners and random garbage lying around-crackers boxes, pudding cups, pizza boxes, molded food, you get the picture-and posters of exposed girls here and there, it horrified Zexion.
"Oh really? I cant tell." Zexion covered his nose, "Whats so important that you need to tell me?" His voice was muffled and even quiter than usual.
Xigbar scoffed, it wasnt THAT bad. Xigbar was aware that his room wasnt the cleanest or nice smelling or tidy, but it wasnt that bad, "I know who the keyblade person is."
"The Keyblade master?" Zexion thought about this, why did it concern the organization? Unless they could get him to collet hearts, "Who is he?"
Zexion had thought the Keyblade master was a male, "SHE...is Jennifer." How sexist of Zexion...Xigbar noted this for later refrence.
"Oh...and Jennifer is?" Ok, so it was a girl named Jennifer, could it be the same Jennifer he had impersonated? Unlikley, she was to easily distracted and pleased by simple things...yet...
"You should know, you impersonated her about four or five times...You know, Sydnees best friend, Ansems number two apprentice." Xigbar rolled his eyes, sometimes Zexion missed the most obvious things.
If it was really Jennifer, they had serious issues. Would Sydnee stay with them? "We have a problem...we cant let Sydnee know. Dont even bring it up. She doesnt even know what a Keyblade is-thank god-but I cant loose....we cant afford to loose her." Xigbar raised his eyebrows, had Zexion really only gotten Sydnee back for his own personal reasons? All the former apprentices had missed her too, but...
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"VEXEN. YOU ARE GOING TO DIE." Xikki held a baseball bat threateningly with anger almost flashing across her eyes. He was not going to get away with almost killing her, "Get back here you spinless wimp so I can pound you."
"You shouldnt threaten me! I have deadly chemicals!" Vexen waved a beaker over his head.
"Like I care, your aim is worse than a blind bat!" Xikki chased him around the table.
Vexen honestly didnt know that Axel wanted the chocolates to knock out Xikki, he just requested them, "I didnt know they were for you."
"Of course you didnt..." Xikki went to through the bat, she didnt even know where she got it from, it didnt even look like a struggle bat. While she had been trying to figure out what kind of bat it was, Vexen escaped into the other room, "Dont worry Vexen I'll pound you sooner or later. I can wait."
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I heard yelling coming from the other room as I walked down the hall. It was coming from Vexens lab. I opened the door and Xikki looked like she was about to murder someone, "XIKKI!" I waved from the door and she lowered the bat, "Your ok!" She looked me up and down in a shocked expression, "What? I dont have something on my face...do I?"
"Why the hell are you wearing that?" I looked myself up and down, I didnt see anything wrong with the outfit.
"What?"
"You joined them?" What did she mean...Oh, yeah it was the organizations uniform.
"I guess you could say that..." I mean I had agreed to help Zexion get his heart back, and I had said that I would help the whole organization. Even if it meant death, I would help them, nothing would stop me.
Xikki looked defeated, "After all that crap I went through...Now your one of the bad guys."
"Bad guys? They just want their hearts back Xikki, whats so bad about that?" I honestly didnt see what was wrong with it. What is wrong with getting a few hearts? I mean yeah you gotta step on a few people along the way, but doesnt everyone do that when they have a goal to reach?
"Your so stupid. Do you even know what there willing to do to get their hearts? Kill people, destroy worlds-is that what you signed up to do? To ruin innocent peoples lives?" She was shaking me by the shoulders. I thought about it, destroy worlds...kill innocent people..."Dont you get it? Your being used. Your just another pawn in Xemnas's game..."
"Well...it isnt what I signed up for, true...but...Ienzo..." I couldnt just leave him to be a heartless empty shell, "I-I said I would help. I gave my word." I know its wrong to destroy worlds...but how bad could it be? I did enjoy a good explosion, but would I be able to handle the guilt that goes along with it? The pain of knowing that I set to ruins what was once a peaceful life?
Xikki let me go, "Your just as selfish as them. Go on, save your little friend, but where are you two going to go when its all said and done? No more Radiant Gardens, Trasverse Town, Land of the Dragons-the'll all be gone. Out. A little star lost forever to the darkness, because you gave your word. Dont come crying to me when you relise you put an end to everything. I thought you were diffrent."
"Xikki..." I didnt like the feeling that was growing inside of me, that feeling like it was you. You did it, your to blame. Like when you lie for the first time ever, its horrible.
"I hope your happy, because you just made your only alli your number one enemy." She left me alone in the room.
What was I supposed to do now? I felt like a traitor. I wanted to cry, but I kept it in me, no that wasnt going to do me any good. I would help both sides. Finding a way to gain them hearts without destroying worlds. I would do it, just watch me, "Sydnee?"
I looked up from the ground I had been so intently staring at while arguing with myslef in my head, "Even?" I was shocked, it looked just like Even, but it couldnt be...or could it? Was he Even's nobody?
"Not for a while now...I am Vexen." He ruffled my hair, "My...you've grown quite a bit..."
Even had been the most open of the apprentices I must say. He would let me try any combinations of chemicals, even if he knew they would make a mess, "Its only been two years..." I tried to push what Xikki said to the back of my head, and it worked. I hoped all the apprentices would be here, then I could see them all again.
"Really? That short amount of time?..." I nodded, I guess time went by slower when you had no heart, "I had to guess when I saw you if it was Zexion or not, your hair is so close to the same color as his."
I rubbed my head, "Yeah..." I never really thought me and Zexion had the same hair color, mine was more of an indigo while his was almost silver with a dark blue tint to it. Even never had been good with the hair colors, he usualy went by height, but even that was hard.
Didnt, the last time I saw him, didnt he tell me to get out of his lab? What caused his sudden change of attitude towards me? He walked away and started pouring chemicals into diffrent beakers, some bubbling over and foaming down the side of the counter. He mixed something gren with something purple. Nothing happened, I backed away a little. The beaker began to shake, "Vexen..."
He had his back turned to it, "Wh-" The beaker exploded and I ducked for cover, everthing narroly missed me, but Vexen wasnt so lucky.
Smoke swirled around the room and purple goop dripped from the walls, I giggled. Its been a long time since I saw an explosion like that, it was totaly wicked. Zexion stumbled in the room, "What happened?" He side stepped as some glops of goop came slopping down.
"Vexen is having technical issues..." I snickered from behind my hand. Making sure I didnt have anything on me, I walked over to Vexen who had inhaled to many fumes.
He was coughing up a storm, "Fucking...mixed the wrong..."
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Xikki rubbed her face as she paced inside her house, what was she going to do? The Organization was picking up people left and right. She had to find then other Keyblade master. There was a rumor going around that Jennifer, Sydnee's friend, was supposedly the new master. Thats what she would do, now where to look....she probably wasnt in Radiant Gardens anymore, but whats close to there? She pulled out a map that she stole from Xemnas, "Most likley not the beasts castle, he would tear her to shreds..." So it was either Land of the Dragons, or...Xikki tossed a coin, Land of the Dragons it was. Since she was part of the darkness, she didnt need a gummi ship. She opened a portal and stepped onto the mounatin. Snow swirled around her, "Great...now I have to find Jennifer..."
Jennifer was sleeping in a tent, a very deep sleep. She had had a good talk with Mulan and then laid down for a rest, Xigbar knows she needed it. Xikki poked her head into all the tents, the army had left, so she didnt have to worry about disturbing someone. She came across Jennifer tent and let out a sigh of releif, "Jennifer..." Jennifer rolled over, "Hey, are you Jennifer? Yo' Jen!"
"Sydnee?" Sydnee was the only one that called her Jen, but what would she be doing out here? "Jennifer slowly sat up and studied Xikki, "Who are you?"
"I'm an...aquantince of Sydnees..." Xikki didnt want to make enimes with Jennifer right off the bat, but she didnt nessicarily want to lie.
"Ok..." Jennifer was really hungry now, maybe there was some rice left. She crawled out of the tent and Xikki followed while trying to explain things to the not listening Jennifer.
Food, food, food....Jennifer looked around, there had to be rice here or something...."You see theres these people in Organization 13, Xemnas, Xaldin, Lexaeus, Zexion, Marluxia, Axel, Demyx, Vexen, Larxene, Luxord, Roxas, Sai'x, and" Food, food, food, "Xigbar..." Food, foo-Xigbar?!
"Xigbar?" Was that the same Xigbar 'helping' her?
"Xigbar, the freeshooter, number 2 in the organization..." Xikki really felt there was no need to go into detail here, "Yeah, he's this guy with a ponytail and some gray hair...carries guns..."
Jennifer was shocked, "Are you sure?" Can she trust this person, she didnt even know her name, "How do I know your not with the organization? Xigbar happens to be on my side."
Great...Xigbar got to her first, now she would never believe Xikki, Xigbar was a very convincing guy. Xikki rubbed her face, she seemed to do that a lot now, "Look, you have no reason to trust me. I understand that, but if you listen to Xigbar, you and Sydnee are going to end up dead." Jennifer didnt like where this was going, "Listen, last time I talked to Sydnee, they had already gotten her to join, she gave her word that she would help them, no matter what. Jennifer, she needs your help, weither she knows it or not." Xikki had to convince Jennifer to help Sydnee, she didnt know what she was getting into. Sydnee was in deep trouble, she might loose her heart, then what? "Please Jennifer, dont kill anymore heartless, and help me get rid of the organization."
"I dunno...Xigbar said..." Jennifer was utterly confused, she trusted Xigbar, and now this 'aquaintence' of Sydnee's come and tells her to go against the only person she can lean on since she left the castle, "If I dont?"
"If you dont stop killing heartless, Kingdom Hearts will grow and then there will be no stopping the organization from ruling the worlds. The worlds will be devoured by darkness, consumed by the nothingness. There will be nothing left. If thats what you want, stick to your 'friend' Xigbar, I'm sure you can find a place with them as number 15 or something." Jennifer, number 15 of her best friends kidnappers? What should she do? "While you sit here, I'm going to do something about all this." Xikki called a portal and went back to her house.
How was Xikki going to do thgis byherself? The Keyblade master confused by Xigbar, Sydnee blinded by her former friend. Xikki was alone.
Jennifer pondered this. Xigbar was helping her, but Xikki had warned her. What about Sydnee? Helping her old friend, he probably didnt even care that much about her.
Jennifer misunderstood Zexion. The only reason Sydnee was even bothered with is because Zexion needed to see her again, but as himself. He had been secretly visiting her over the two years, but disgused as Sydnee friends. He accompanied her on adventures through the castle, listened to her stories about the gardens, her poetry. He really did care about her, thats why he went to get her. He couldnt have her loosing her heart, it just wouldnt be the same.
"Yo' Jennifer..." Xigbar came out of a portal, "Get a nap in?"
Now was her chance, "Xigbar, whats going on?"
He was going to play it cool, "What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean Xigbar, when were you going to tell me?"
"Tell you what?"
"Tell me that your IN the organization. That killing heartless only contributes to the worlds destruction...I'm being used." He didnt reply, "Are you going to deny it?" He just stood there. Jennifer felt betrayal swell up inside her. That whole time, she hadnt been helping Sydnee at all, only talking to one of the people holding her captive.
"Jennifer, its not like that..." Xigbar was supposed to have killed her in the first place, but he couldnt bring himself to. She was so entertaining and something wouldnt let him. Thats one reson why he sent her on this 'mission' so that he didnt have to kill her, "I was supposed to kill you."
"Oh, so you were delaying my death?!" Why didnt he just kill her, it wouldnt help her to just be put on a timer.
"No!" That not what he intended, he was saving her.
"Well what then? Your obviously not saving me. Only waiting till I stop feeding your precious Kingdom Hearts heartless." Jennifer wished she could call one of those portals and dissapear into a random world. Where was she going to go now?
"Jennifer, I wasnt delaying your death, I was saving you. You have to believe me."
"Sydnee believes everyone, and look where thats gotten her. Blowing up worlds to save her 'friend'." Jennifer was beinging to think Sydnee to be stupid, trusting someone who had abandoned her. Sydnee gave people to much credit for what there worth.
"Really, Jennifer, I want to help you." He really did, he wanted her alive and with her heart intact.
"Psh yeah. Help me to my grave." Jennifer thought about it for a second then shook her head, "I'm not Sydnee, you cant bribe me with old friendships. You cant just say trust me. Prove youself. Prove to me that I can trust you."
Xigbar rubbed the back of his neck, "I cant."
"Then how will I know that your not going to turn on me?" Jennifer was broken. Her friend was helping her enemy, her enemy was trying to be her alli, and she was facing death or going into hiding.
Xigbar didnt know what to say. He was going to have to do something to let her know that she could trust him, "I'll bring Sydnee to you."
"You'll what?"
"Bring Sydnee to you. Thats what you want isnt it? Your friend back? You got it."
Is that really what Jennifer wanted? Her friend back? Or was there more to it? Did she want to be the hero afterall? "Xigbar, I dunno...She'll be safe right?"
"Absolutley."
Then Jennifer could talk sense into her friend, "Ok. I'm counting on you."