I'm back :D
Roxas: Great… More torture for me…
mm: Roxy! D: Why on earth would you think that?
Roxas: I just get the gut feeling you're going to torture me whenever you write a new chapter.
mm: What? I can't believe you'd think I was that mean!
Zexion: I can.
mm: Zexy! Not you too! Have you two been hanging with Marluxia again? You shouldn't let him corrupt you!
Zexion: As if you haven't already.
Xigbar: mizzmanga doesn't own Kingdom Hearts or Organization XIII. If she did, Birth by Sleep would be out in England already, and all of the Organization would have whole beings.
mm: And they would be god damned awesome! Believe it!
x-Warnings-x
Yaoi/Shounen-Ai/Slash/Whatever you want to call it, Bad Language and OOC-ness (Pretty much every character is at least a bit OOC)
mm: Oh yeah! I forgot! Xion is entering the story this chapter! But she won't be anything like her calm confused persona in this. Oh no siree…
Roxas: What did you do to Xion?
mm: Oh, nothing of importance :D
x-x
x-New Life-x
-XIII-
I've now been in the Organization for a week.
I think that needs a round of applause, people, 'cause believe me, these guys are crazy. Yes, that word was underlined. That shows how crazy they truly are.
Since the little snow storm the other day, a lot of things have happened.
Luxord, Xigbar, Xaldin and Larxene played strip poker again. Let's just say that Larxene lost, and I'm now mentally scarred.
I found out a lot of stuff that I didn't want to know about Saix. Such as his secret stash of nude Xemnas photos… That was stuff I didn't want to see…
I found out that Axel's name when he had a heart was Lea. Well, that's definitely worse than Roxas…
Vexen has been put in a straightjacket to prevent him from going to his lab and worsening his injuries. I thought that was a bit too serious at first, but when Larxene told me that he'd tried to blow up his bedroom door to get out, I took that opinion back.
Axel and Marluxia got into another fight over whether Peanut Butter or Marmite makes a better sandwich filler. I'll never understand how those guys' brains work.
And Demyx and Zexion have been avoiding each other like the plague. Which I normally wouldn't think much of, but when Axel told me he'd nearly caught them doing the deed the day I arrived, I took another opinion of mine back.
I don't think I should have opinions about these things anymore.
Anyway, tomorrow is the day of my first mission.
It's only a practice mission, but as I stare into my bowl of Coco Pops, I find myself wondering what missions are like.
I mean, what do these guys do around here except mess about and sleep around a bit?
"ROXAS!"
"BAH!"
Ow…
I glare up at Xigbar. Damn him for making me fall off my chair…
"Was that really necessary?"
"Yup! Now, c'mon, Mansex called a meeting."
Oh yeah, that's another thing I found out in the past week. Everyone around here (minus Saix) calls Superior 'Mansex', because it's an anagram of his name (and it apparently sounds funny. How immature). Either Axel or Larxene have called it to his face before, I can't remember which, but apparently the results weren't pretty. He/She ended up with several broken bones and a black eye.
As we walk into the room, Axel is getting into his seat. Suddenly, a large disgusting sound is heard throughout the Round Room. Demyx and Larxene erupt into laughter and Axel turns beet red, holding up a whoopee cushion.
"YOU GUYS ARE SO DEAD!"
"That won't be necessary, Axel."
Saix walks in behind me and Xigbar and glares up at the pyro.
"OH YEAH? WHO MADE YOU KING OF THE FUCKING WORLD?"
"If you don't shut your mouth and sit down quietly, Lea, I will make your life a living hell. Capiché?"
Lea? Saix knew Axel in his previous life? I wonder what they were like…
Anyway, Axel swallows; probably been at Saix' wrath first hand.
"Y-yeah…"
"Good."
Suddenly, Xemnas appears in his seat.
"Take your seats everyone. The meeting is about to start."
Everyone clambers into their seats quickly.
"Good tidings friends," – Wait, friends? Since when are we all pals in this Organization? I think Xemnas is on drugs… – "Today, is a momentous day. I am pleased to announce that a new comrade has been chosen to wear the coat."
What? But I thought it was Organization XIII? We have XIII members already don't we? Mansex (Oh no, it's catching…), Xigbar, Xaldin, Vexen, Lexaeus, Zexion, Saix, Axel, Dem, Luxord, Marluxia, Larxene and me… that's definitely XIII…
Everyone else is as confused as me. Demyx looks like his brain has exploded. A portal appears in the centre of the room.
A being wearing the same coat as everyone else appears. From her figure, I can tell that it's a girl. I remember my initiation now. Wow, that day was odd…
"Number XIV." Xemnas announces, causing an eruption of applause to come from Demyx and Xigbar. How stupid can they get?
"Let us all welcome one of the Keyblade's chosen.'
Number XIV then looks up and around the room. Her eyes settle on me. This startles me slightly.
"Dismissed." calls Xemnas, disappearing himself.
"What just happened?"
"Who does this chick think she is? I'm the only girl around here!"
"Why hasn't she taken her hood down yet? That's impolite to her Superiors."
"Everyone, shut up!"
We all turn to Saix.
"I'm sure your questions will be answered, but please don't discuss these things here. Everyone clear out; you have missions to attend to, do you not?"
A gut feeling develops in my stomach as I remember my mission tomorrow. Everyone slowly files out to the Grey Area.
x-x
-VIII-
I sat around in the Grey Area. Saix was fussing over Roxas, making sure he was okay to do his mission tomorrow. He's acting like a mother hen fussing over her chick…
Roxas looks like he's swallowed a fly or something; he's turned incredibly pale and looks like he's going to throw up any second.
Saix finally lets him go, and he goes to sit on a couch with Demyx, who is too busy strumming on his sitar to notice him.
I sit on arm of the sofa next to him and throw my arm around his shoulders. This action makes a scowl appear on his face.
"Hey there Roxy!"
He glares at me from the corner of his eyes.
"What?" he asks, venom dripping from the word.
"Woah, what's up with you? You're acting like I just killed a puppy or something!"
"Leave me alone Axel."
"Aww… Why aren't I allowed to talk to my favourite blondie? Did Saix scare the shit out of him?"
Suddenly, a hand grabs my hair and wrenches my head backwards. Ow… I think I may have a bald patch… My poor hair… It took so long to grow too…
"He said, 'leave him alone', Axel." Saix says, eyes glowing a more vibrant amber than usual. Aww, crap. He's been standing directly in the moonlight again hasn't he…
"Yes, sir!" I say, sarcastically saluting him and walking off to lean on a window.
At this moment, the new kid walks in. Her hood is still up. She looks around and her gaze seems to fall on Roxas. I see her grin under her hood and go to stand in front of him.
"Hey! You're Roxas, right?"
Yeah, I wouldn't bother trying to converse with him if I were you, kid. He'll just spit venom at you and Saix'll throw you to a distant corner of the planet, like he did to me…
"Yeah. You're the new kid, right?"
My eye twitches. So, he'll talk to the new kid, but not me?
"Yup! Nice to meet you!"
"Yeah, same!"
At this point, I'm practically tearing my hair out with rage. Larxene and Xigbar are sending me strange looks.
"Well, I'm kinda tired. See ya!"
"Yeah, okay. See you tomorrow."
XIV then cheerfully skips out of the room and down the corridor.
I walk over to Roxas.
"Damn… I never did find out her name…" he mutters as he gazes after her with interest.
"WHAT WAS THAT?"
He looks at me blankly.
"What was what?"
"THAT! JUST NOW!"
"Oh, that? I believe that's called a conversation."
"You know what I mean!"
"She spoke to me, and she's new. It's only polite to speak back or she'll think we're all ignorant."
"Let her! It's the truth and you know it!"
"Why are you so bothered anyway?"
"Because… because I am, okay?"
With that, I storm out the room ignoring the sniggering of Larxene.
x-x
-The Next Day-
x-x
-XIII-
I woke, startled by the butterflies that were fluttering about quickly in my stomach.
Oh no… My first mission…
I quickly got up, dressed, and ate in the kitchen before proceeding to the Round Room, where Saix stood waiting for me.
I tried to ignore my nerves and walked towards him, wanting to get the mission over with fast.
"Roxas, your work begins today." he said, "I will issue you missions, which the Organization expects you to carry out."
I swallowed; my stomach was doing somersaults, and I felt sick. However, I nodded, to show I had processed his words.
"Think of these early missions as exercises. You still have much to learn before we put you to a real test."
These words helped me to calm down slightly, and I let out the breath I didn't know I had been holding.
"Axel will be joining you your first time out." – never mind, now I don't like these missions at all – "Isn't that right, Axel?"
Axel looked up from the floor, a glare still upon his face. Still upset about yesterday, it seems. Big baby…
"Oh boy… What, am I the kid's mentor now? Why not stick him with Demyx or Larxene?"
Saix glared at him, and turned back to the window.
"Surely you don't mind showing him the ropes?" he said, glancing at Axel for his answer. VIII merely scowled at the man.
"Well then, Roxas, come see me when you're ready to go."
With that, Saix went and stood in his usual position by the window.
I glanced at Axel, who looked at me. Slowly, a smirk spread across his face. Oh no…
"Well, you heard the man! Starting today, I'm your babysitter." he chuckled at me
"I don't need a baby sitter…" I muttered under my breath, looking at the floor.
He scowled at me again.
"Sheesh… Quit acting like a zombie, and let's get this show on the road." he said, going and standing by Saix. I took a deep breath and walked over to Saix.
"Good luck, Roxas! I know you'll do great!" called a voice. I turned to see Number XIV in the hallway with Demyx and Xigbar, waving at me. I smiled at them, before turning back to Saix and Axel, whose conversation I had been ignoring. I glanced over my shoulder at where Xion had been. Unfortunately, Axel seemed to notice.
"Hey, what's wrong? Worried about the new kid, again? What was her name…" he said, scowling.
"Number XIV? Oh, her name's Xion." Saix alerted us.
"Xion…" I said, half to myself. Where do I know that name from...
'"Well then how about… 'Roxas?'"
"Roxas? What sort of a fucked up name is that?"
"Well, that seems to be the only name we have left… Unless you want the name 'Xion'."'
Oh yeah! That was the other name option I had! Well, it suits her more than it would've me. I mean, it's so GIRLY!
"Got it memorized, Roxas?" Axel asked me, a half-scowl-half-smirk on his face.
"Yeah." I said, sticking my tongue out at him. His eyes narrowed at me.
"You sure? How 'bout my name, then?"
I closed my eyes in mock thought.
"It's… Lea, right?"
"Oh haha. Very funny, wise guy. And our boss's name?"
"Xemnas."
See? I'm not as stupid as I look, despite having amnesia.
"Very good, shorty! No way you're gonna forget his name, right? Now let's get moving."
He opened a corridor to darkness, and we walked through…
x-x
-Elsewhere-
x-x
-II-
Xion skipped animatedly in front of me and Demyx. To say how quiet she was yesterday, she's really changed. For the better too.
We were headed to the games room, for a round of DDR. Demyx had promised Poppet (don't you think that's the greatest name for her?) that he'd teach her how to play, and had decided to drag me along. Xaldin had said he'd join us after he finished his mission.
Upon reaching the room, we fired up the TV and PlayStationXIII (AN See what I did there? ;) and Demyx hopped on the Dance mat to give Xion a demo. Demyx selected his favourite character, Yuni and the Song 'Brilliant 2U'(1). He fired through the stage once then got Xion on one of the other mats. She selected Emi and they played through 'escape'. Poppet looked like she was really enjoying herself.
Demyx dragged me onto the mats too. Naturally, I chose Rage. Then Demyx, being Demyx, chose 'Saber Wing'. On Expert Mode. To be honest, I'm surprised Poppet didn't fall over. I did. 10 times.
"Hey, sorry I'm late."
I turned to the door, and beamed at Xaldin. I went over and jumped on my partner in crime.
"Xally, play a round with Xion. I'm tired~" Dem complained, flopping out on the settee.
Together, me and Dem watched Xaldin and Xion battle for control over the leader boards. Poppet was giggling like a little kid, and Xaldin seemed to be having fun too (though you wouldn't know it from his determined-to-win face)
"Hey, Xiggy?" I heard IX whisper.
"Yeah, Dem?" I answered.
"Why d'ya suppose we're still called Organization XIII, now that we have XIV members?"
I looked at him, thoughtfully.
"I dunno, lil' dude... I dunno..."
x-x
-VIII-
"All right, let's start by talking about what we do on missions."
Roxas looked at me blankly.
We were in Twilight Town's underground network. However, the majority of its gates were shut.
"Ahem. Missions are… uhh… They're, you know… Hrm…" This was harder than I thought. Plus, blondie was looking at me as if to say 'What a completely idiotic twat.'
I scratched the back of my head awkwardly.
"You know what? Talking is dumb. Let's just go ahead and get our hands dirty, shall we?"
He raised a well formed eyebrow at me
"Follow me." I said, walking to a ledge and hoisting myself up. Roxas copied my movements, grabbing the ledge and swinging himself up.
"There ya go. Good job."
"Thanks, but it wasn't exactly hard."
"Quiet student and listen." I said, teasingly, to which I was given a scowl.
"Don't go thinking you can just run and jump your way through every mission. You've gotta BE AWARE."
"What do you mean?"
"You hafta look around. Sometimes what you're after is sitting right under your nose. Got it memorized?"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever."
"Okay then, time for a road test!" I said beaming at him. He responded with an annoyed face.
"There's a treasure chest somewhere in the passages. Find it and bring it here."
"That's... it?"
"I know, don't hurt yourself."
"You seriously think I'd be able to hurt myself in retrieving something so minor."
"Yes. Now shoo."
He glared at me and walked off down a passage way.
Once I couldn't see him, I let out a sigh. The kid had it so much easier than I did, back when I was just starting out. I'd had to chase neo shadows around for my first week of missions. The amount of times Vexen had to patch me back up…
A while later, Roxas returned, carrying the chest. He dropped it in front of me, and collapsed, exhausted.
"I'll tell you now, that thing is HEAVY."
I laughed at him.
"Well done."
We sat there for a while, looking at one another. I took a look at his golden-blonde-half-assed-haircut and deep blue eyes.
"Axel?"
I was awoken from my reverie at the sound of his cute voice cooing my name. What I wouldn't give for its owner to be writhing underneath me… Wait, WHAT?
"Axel!"
"What?"
"What do we do now?"
Only now did I notice him sitting on the floor, looking at me curiously. The chest in front of him was still tightly shut.
"Open the chest."
"Oh. Right."
Silence.
"And how do I do that?"
"Tap it with you Keyblade."
Wait, that sounded quite wrong. Luckily, Blondie didn't take it that way. He drew his half-key-half-sword and smacked the chest on the lid. It sprung open to reveal…
"A potion. I carried that thing all the way here for a potion. What the hell?"
"Well Xemnas is hardly going to give you a jewel filled chest for your first mission, is he? Now come on. It's time to RTC."
"R…TC?"
"Return to the Castle."
"Oh. I knew that."
"But first, no mission is complete without the icing on the cake!" I said, grinning at him.
"W-what?"
"Come with me."
We went onto the main street where I told him to wait for me. I quickly went to a shop and bought a pair of Sea-salt ice-creams, before dragging Roxas to the clock tower.
"Well done, kid. You deserve it." I said, smiling and holding out the ice-cream for him to take.
He took it from me hesitantly.
"What's this?"
"Sea-salt ice-Cream. The icing on the cake." I said, licking the treat.
Roxas took a bite from it, and broke into shivers.
"What d'ya think?
"C-cold…"
"Y' see, that's the reason we don't bite straight into ice-cream. It's cold."
"Oh, haha."
We sat for a while licking our ice-creams.
"It's salty, yet sweet." Roxas observed.
"It is." I said, chuckling at his happy face.
Once we'd finished and the sun had nearly fled completely from the sky, I stood up.
"Well, from now on, I declare this our hang out spot!" I said, punching the air in victory.
Roxas sighed at me, an exasperated expression on his face.
"Fine."
"YaY~!"
Thus ended the adorable Roxy's first mission.
Wait… what?
x-x
-VI-
The second Axel walked through that door and flopped into a chair next to me, I knew something was up. How? Because he never came to library unless it was upmost importance, he didn't shout the second he came in, and the look on his face made it look like he'd just run over a puppy.
"What's wrong, Axel?" I asked, genuinely concerned for my elder.
"Nothing…"
"There must be something up. You look like someone died."
"I'm fine…"
I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Fine, if you say so."
I turned back to my book, knowing he'd come around in a few seconds. After all, if he didn't want to tell me then he wouldn't have come here in the first place.
"I don't know what to do, Zexion."
I looked up at him, curious.
"About what, Axel?"
"It ticks me off…"
I raised an eyebrow.
"What does?"
"The interest in his eyes when he looks at the new girl. Y'know, Xion…"
"Axel, who are you talking about?"
His head flew up at me, and I saw his anger-stricken face.
"Who'd you think!"
"I don't know! That's why I'm asking, you idiot!"
"Roxas! It's Roxas, okay?"
My eyes widen. This was about… Roxas?
"Axel, I don't think you've ever shown so much interest in a person in your life. What's happened to you?"
"I don't know, Zexion, I just don't know. The new kid… he just makes me feel so… so different…"
I looked at him. His usually fiery eyes seemed to soften as he thought of Roxas. I knew that look well.
"Axel, I think I may know what's wrong with you."
He looked at me, eager.
"What? Tell, me please!"
I looked at him seriously.
"I think you might be in love with Roxas."
x-x
Another one bites the dust! *claps*
Something tells me you guys saw that coming :P I don't know how, but something does. Maybe it's my akuroku-detector or something :L
Anyway, hope you enjoyed it. Please leave reviews. Your comments could help the story get better :D
x-End of Chapter Extras-x
Character Profile – Zexion
Weapon – Lexicon
Power – Illusion
Age – 16-17
Zexion is the quietest nobody in The Castle That Never Was, second only to his older-brother-like-figure Lexaeus. Zexion's parents died when he was quite young, so he was raised by Even (Vexen). His strangely powerful sense of smell sometimes leads to some very sticky situations for him, such as the rare occasions he has to venture to find Marluxia (who carries an overwhelming scent of flowers). The Cloaked Schemer seems to have taken an interest in Number IX, his exact opposite. What effects could become of this odd pair…?
Preview-
"There's no way. It's not even possible. I mean, I don't even have a heart!" "Or so you think."
"Kyaaaaaaaaaa! Giant Ant of Impending DOOM!"
"Oh my God, you two are so CUTE together!" "I know, right!" "Eww…Xion, Demyx! That's gross!"
Until next time!
-mizzmanga