Ai: Hehe... I took such a long time to post a new chapter this time. SORRY! -prepares to get killed- School's crazy, what's with me failing tests left, right and center. Umm, anyways... This chapter is for Din's Daughter, who contributed her idea for it! Without her, this chapter wouldn't have been possible! So... ENJOY! XD

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, because if I did, Organization XIII would be the GOOD GUYS! =D That would be awesome!

"Hmmm?" I looked up from my doodle. "A new mission? Agaiiiiin? Sigh… Where to?"

"Halloween Town. We're supposed to leave right away."

******

We stepped out of our portal and into a… graveyard of some sorts. The tombstones were HUGE! If I were in an anime, this would be the part where my eyes turned into two big circles.

"Hey, Cal."

I looked at my brother. Another transforming world?! But at least, this time we still maintained our human appearance, unlike the last time. Dressed completely in black, Ray had on something that looked like an Organization cloak, except that it was shorter, only reaching down to slightly below his knees, and that it had no sleeves, ending at his shoulders. It was zipped up only partially, so his pants were clearly visible. Umm, yes, pants. His cloak still had a hood, but it also had a two long strings floating behind him. No idea what the strings are for. His hair still remained the same, but it had a slightly darker shade compared to his regular hair color. He also had tiny fangs on, and for some reason, lots of Gothic-looking makeup on. Especially under his eyes. Throw in plain black shoes, and his look was complete. As for me, I wore the same cloak as he did, but I sported a pair of shorts and boots which started right where my shorts ended. Oh, and did I mention that we both had gloves? Well, I did now. My hair was longer with a skull-shaped clip in it and for some reason, I had hair covering my left eye. I probably had the same fangs and makeup as well.

"Well, well. In the Halloween mood, now are we. I guess it's fitting, considering that we're in HALLOWEEN TOWN."

Ray nodded just as something suddenly tapped me on the shoulder from behind.

-Somewhere else, in a different world-

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! Yah, yah, ah, ah, ah…"

Sora stopped walking and looked at the sky curiously. "Hey, guys? Did any of you just hear something? It sounded like a girl just screamed."

"Gawrsh, Sora, I'll bet you just imagined it."

"Hmmm, maybe. Still, I definitely heard something."

-Back in Halloween Town-

I slapped my hands over my mouth, panting from the sheer embarrassment of it all. I couldn't believe I had actually screamed, and probably loud enough for the next two neighboring worlds to hear, to boot. It wasn't that I was afraid of ghosts or anything, but c'mon, SOMETHING goes up to you and taps you on the shoulder suddenly. Freaked out much? Don't deny it. I know you would react even worse than how I did.

"Man, that was loud."

"Senpai!" Ray said, annoyed.

I turned my head to look at whoever was behind me. It turned out to be Xigbar. His outfit looked more like his Organization cloak, unlike ours', but with a few differences, but my eyes were drawn more to the…

"Senpai. What. Happened. To. Your. Eye," I said slowly, emphasizing my words, thoroughly creeped out. In the place of his right eye was a HOLE. An uncovered one.

"I wear an eye patch for a reason."

"So big if I were to remove your eye patch, I would see a hole like now?"

"Maybe."

"'Maybe' meaning 'yes'?"

"No."

"Huuuuuh?" Ray and I both said together. Okay, so now I was really confused. Befuddled. Whatever you want to call it.

"Urgh…" Ray scratched the back of his head. "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you."

"Yeah. But enough of that. Here." Xigbar shoved something into Ray's hands. "Take this. I'm kinda beat, so I'm off now." Then he disappeared into a portal.

"…Right. Say, bro, what's that he gave you?" My brother was already looking at it.

"A piece of paper. Wait, it's got words written on it." He read, " 'Collect hearts. Literally. You see a heart, you collect it. Do it for about two hours. Then you're done.' …What's this?"

A pale pink heart floated above our heads.

" …'Collect hearts. Literally...'" I paused. "HEART MINE!" I yelled and snatched it from the air. The heart was surrounded by wisps of darkness before it faded and vanished from my hands.

There was a long silence.

I looked at my hands. "I didn't do that, honest. Was that supposed to happen?"

"I think so…" said Ray, but he didn't sound all that certain. "There seems to be some kinda little doodle here of a heart surrounded by darkness, but…" His voice trailed off.

"Gimme that." I snatched the paper away from him. Then I knew what he meant. To put it simply, a one-year-old could draw better than… what I saw. And one-year-olds can't hold pens. At least, I don't believe they can. But, COME ON, is it really that hard to draw a simple heart, then, I dunno, shade it black or something? Looking up, I said, "I was under the impression that Xigbar-senpai was, like, waaaaaaaaaaaaay over the age limit for doodling, for a start. Okay, whatever, 'bout time we actually get down to doing our mission."

"No, wait, hold up." Ray looked over my shoulder. "There's a tiny scribble here. 'P/S: Look out for the anorexic skeleton in a suit.' …What? What's that supposed to mean?"

There was a loud bang and lots of smoke suddenly appeared in front of us. "Magnificent! Wondrous! I heard a scream! That was a wonderful scream," the smoke said.

…Wait. The SMOKE said?!

Then said smoke cleared and someone appeared. "Hi there! I'm Jack. Jack Skellington. The Pumpkin King! Welcome to Halloween Town!"

"By gum," I said, "anorexic skeleton in a suit spotted. Hi, Mr. Jack Skellington. Are you anorexic?"

Ray slapped a hand over my mouth. "You didn't hear anything. So, umm, hi."

"No, you heard something. But I have a question. Mr. Jack Skellington, I would like to ask you why you have over a thousand clones of yourself."

"What? I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I don't understand." Jack sounded confused. I decided to explain.

I summoned a single Wright Knight a short distance away and dragged it over by one arm. "You know, look. You look so similar. Extremely thin. Tall." The Wright Knights were slightly taller than us, all right?! I know we're short. Don't rub it in. "So... Therefore I conclude that all the Wright Knights are your clones."

"The Heartless! They don't attack you?" Jack scratched his head with a bony finger. About the bony finger part, literally.

"Well, yeah," I said, ignoring my twin's gestures for me to stop talking. I spun the Wright Knight around, then pulled one of it's arms. "See? They don't. We're on good terms with each other. The Heartless obey whoever is stronger, so they obey… OOF!" Ray had apparently given up on waving his hands about and decided to tackle me to the ground.

"Hood on," he said quickly, using one hand to pull my hood roughly over my head and using his other hand to put his own hood on. Then he grabbed my arm and pulled me into a standing position. "You didn't see us, okay?!" he told Jack.

"But…"

"You didn't see us!" Then Ray was off, dragging me along with him.

******

I was being strangled by Ray. An interesting death. Being strangled to death by my own twin brother. I admit I had never once thought that I would die this way. But by some strange miracle, my brother decided I had been strangled enough and released me. Surprised, I fell over backwards and crashed to the ground. I sat up and rubbed my throat, gasping for breath. Note to self: try not to get strangled by Ray ever again by any circumstances whatsoever. He has a strong grip.

Ray was glowering at me. I put on my best apologetic face. "So, umm…" I coughed, but tried to make it sound as pathetic as possible. "What next?"

"What's next is that we get down to collecting hearts for our mission, that's what!"

CLANK.

"Do you hear something?"

CLANK.

"I do, but stop changing the subject!"

CLANK.

"Why do I get the feeling… Gimme the paper."

"What?"

"Gimme the paper!" I repeated. "I knew it. There's another sentence under the P/S. 'P/S/S: Try to avoid the mad scientist's crazy experiments.' I understand this sentence even less. 'Mad scientist'? Does he mean Vexen-senpai? But he's not here now, is he?"

CLANK. Something behind us roared. A roar like it wanted to rip us limb from limb. We jumped violently and turned around. I guess it could be said that it was lucky we didn't faint from the pure shock and horror of it all. IT looked like a wolf and a bird fused together, with a few other unidentified animal parts as well. I emphasize the 'it'. On one of it's arms it had 'EXPERIMENT 4318946' stamped on.

I have NO idea how it could make clanking sounds, but I didn't plan on sticking around to find out. "What… The… Heck." That was the only thing we said before our feet hit the pavement at a rate of fifty hits per second. More clanking sounds than one could already be heard far off in the distance.

"I hate that doc'. Halloween Town is already Halloween-ey enough without having to make it even more so."

"I'm more bothered about something else. As much as I thank him for warning us about Jack AND the experiments, I have to wonder why Xigbar-senpai didn't warn us about them earlier!!! And he didn't even mention that the experiments were mobile and dangerous!!!" Ray screamed with anger.

"Less talking and more running will do you more good this time, trust me. And that's coming from me."

******

The very exact moment we were out of Halloween Town and in the Castle That Never Was, Ray and I allowed ourselves to drop to the ground. It just so happened that Axel and Roxas were in the same room eating ice-cream.

Axel poked me on the head. "I heard about your mission," he said. "So how many hearts did you collect?"

I had just enough energy for one sentence, and I decided that it would not be wasted on answering Axel. "SENPAI, I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I yelled loud enough for Xigbar to hear wherever he was in the castle.

"You collected 'senpai, I hate you' number of hearts? But none of us here even have hearts."

"We collected one."

"The Superior isn't likely to forgive you for collecting only one for the entire mission. He's probably going to kill you."

"Yeah, well, he can kill Xigbar-senpai first," I snapped.

Author's Notes:

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