It's afternoon...

After what's been going on this morning, I think have a hard time believing Xion's story, about the Organisation XIII and stuffs, after got in a train. I look at her besides me, her knees on the seat and her eyes staring outside through the window. She's always fascinated from the view when we got here as if she is a child despite her age. I've to admit it, It is pretty to look at outside even her. Now she's taking me to the place, what they call it 'twilight town'.

I looked at her while waiting for her conversation.

"Xion, what exactly does the Organisation XIII do?" I hesitated.

"Mostly eliminations and some investigations. Not much. When we have a mission, we could be doing solo or with other members to deal with it."

So she wasn't alone. I'm kind of worried what she have been through but she seems to be doing fine. I'm glad that it did. "Xion, you don't have a family, do you?"

Xion sighed in stress, "Neither I don't remember I do, or I don't really have one."

"Oh, sorry."

Xion waves her hands to assures me, "No! I just... you know. But it's not like I don't have one. Besides, I have my cousin here." She looks at me in her own cheerful way. The train came to a stop. I guess we are here then.

We got off and Xion leads the way. Through the alley, shops and big town itself, it's quiet and peaceful on the way with the sun setting. I wonder is this where the Organisation XIII is? We entered through the wall by a hole then the forest is something you will easily get lost.

We've been silent for a while, going through the forest, fortunately Xion breaks that.

"Will you be there for me?" Xion started a conversation.

"Huh?" I looked at her dumbfonded.

"I mean, will you protect your friends and me?"

I look away and in doubt, "Yeah."

"I hope you will. My friends walked away from me till I would never see them again by the time the door closed between me and them since I was little.

I look at her with a 'now-I'm-worried' face.

"Xion..." I took a deep breath. "You're not alone. I'm here, am I?"

Xion giggled, "That's kind of what my friend would say." She stopped her tracks.

When I see a old mansion in my view, I blink and the next thing I see is a spinning thing covered in flames heading towards my face. Luckily, that thing hit the trunk of a tree near my face, losing some hair in the process. My body froze right after hearing the impact.

"Sorry about that!" A voice came from a red spiky haired guy.

"Axel! I thought I told you not to scare visitors!" Xion begins to argue with him.

"Couldn't resist to give a welcome, okay?"

"And that nearly craving a hole on his face!"

"Okay, I'm sorry. Sheesh, why are you such a killjoy?"

Well, I am truly shocked.

"So this is Sora? Name's Axel. Got it memorised?" the one named Axel approaches me. "Welcome to the Organisation XIII. I love to give you a tour but that job is for someone else more 'capable' of."

Now that is just great! My tour guide is going to be someone more than this guy.

"I got things to do so nice meeting you, Sora."

By the time I open the door that leads to the inside of this mansion, Xion smiling all the way and shouted in confusion at the figure ahead of me.

"NAMINE!"

"SORA!" The figure turned to look at me.

I faced Xion while pointing my finger to Namine, "Why is she doing here!"

"She's one of us."

"But she can't really be-!"

Out of nowhere, Namine hugs me and assures me, "Thanks Sora, but I don't need concerns from you." I did not expect this.

"Well well... How beautiful day it is to meet you, fresh bud!" A voice greeted me out of nowhere.

Beatiful? bud? I followed my instinct to turn around and shocked to see a guy with pink hair. I'm sure that I gasped at him, mentally, of course.

"Anyway, Sora ,Would you come with us to the meeting?", Namine interrupted.

"Ah, Namine-chan, can't we have some sweet talk first? After all, he just got here."

Namine grabbed my hand and guide me to the meeting while ignoring the guy.

"NNNNAAAAAMMMMMIIIIIIIIINEEEE_CCCHHHAAANNNNN!"

I sweat-dropped and thankfully at the same time.

(Meeting Room)

Me and Xion walks forward to the center of the room with tall chairs around it.

"So this is Sora, welcome!" A voice came from a guy sitting on the tallest chair.

I looked around and there are 12 members,excluding a guy named Axel, sitting on the chairs. So 13 plus Xion equals 14.

Then voices come whispering.

"This is someone we expect? This brat?"

"He looks weak."

"What kind of result he might produce? I'm eager to find out"

"Yeah, someone I could care less."

"..."

What wonderful welcome? Though I get the feeling someone is glaring on me.

"Everyone, give him a warm welcome as he is from now on called number '15', Sora. Tomorrow, you will go through trainning untill you can walk like us with your own feet. Dismissed!"

TIME FORWARDED

"Sora, this is your new room." Xion guided me and opened a door to my room.

Beyond that door, the room is almost the same as mine but bigger with modern looking furnitures(a queen-sized bed, table and chair, sofas and coffee table, fridge, TV, etc)

One word came out of my mouth "Wow!"

With nice interiors, glass windows with curtains overlooking the sunset, They know how to decorate despite the outside looks abandoned.

"Get ready for tomorrow, number 15 Sora. I'll be the one trainning you and I won't go easy on you too."

I looked at her with unsatisfying 'oh no' face.

Meanwhile...

In a office, a figure slammed the table, "Are you serious about this! Why do you let him in here!"

"Why not? Afraid that he may surpass you some day?" A figure replies.

"No, I mean I don't trust him."

"Yet, you just met him. Why not wait and see what he can do."

"And if he can't?"

"We dispose him"

"..."

"Let's wait and see then. Plus you started like he did, Roxas"

Preview

Sora: "So this is our first mission together huh, Xion?"

Xion: "Yeah, remember we're dealing with an apprentice. Who knows what kind of things he has in his sleeves."

Sora: "..."

Xion: "Sora?"

Sora: "Sorry, this is getting intense"

Xion: "Sora! Focus!"

Sora:"But at this rate, everyone will see us."

Xion: "Yeah, I know. One chance at this or we'll mess up. Remember What I've trained you."

Sora: "By the way, where is Roxas?"

Xion: "Now that you mention, isn't he here yet?"

Sora: "We will have to wait for him then."

Xion: "No other choice. We have to start without him."

The next chapter: The Charismatic Apprentice