Chapter Seven: Murderous Souls
"Riku! Get back here!" a sharp voice snapped. Riku spun around to see Aurithia looking at him with hard eyes. She seemed rather angry about something. "You are supposed to come with us! Don't you keep walking away from me!"
Riku couldn't help but grin as he continued walking along the shore as Tidus raced over to where the other four were.
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"Demyx has been sent to Radiant Garden, Superior," a dark voice said beneath a cloak. The meeting of the eleven members had broken up and now two hooded figures stood side-by-side at the edge of a ocean. Everything was dark around them-the sky, the waters, the sand. All of the rocks were jagged and black.
The hooded figure, the Superior, turned his head towards the other cloaked figure. "Good, we can finally get him out of our hair. He was a pest and needed to be disposed of. He was weak to my Organization, do you not agree, Saix?" the Superior asked, removing his hood. Orange eyes glared into the dark blue eyes of Saix.
"I do, Superior," Saix nodded, removing his hood. Blue hair flowed behind his back. There was an X right between his eyes. His blue eyes were hard and there was a smirk on his face. "Plus he was a friend of the traitors, Roxas and Axel."
Xemnas turned away from Saix, "Are our plans going according to plan? Have you been able to contact the Shadowed One?"
"No, Superior. He is unreachable at the present time." Saix said, his tone grim. "But do not worry, something seems to be ticking the Shadowed One off. The shadow must still be alive."
"Of course the shadow is alive!" Xemnas snapped, his eyes flashing. "Now, please call Xaldin, Zexion, and Larexen to me. Tell them to meet me in my office ASAP." With that Xemnas raised a gloved hand and a portal of darkness appeared in one of the rocks. He stepped through it silently.
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Sephiroth grinned, his Mako tinted eyes glistening with amusement as he kept his raised gloved hand stretched out towards Marluxia. He twisted his wrists slowly and then made a loop and then snapped his wrist forward, making the bones pop. Marluxia, meanwhile, was following the motions, looking very similar to a Dusk at the moment. Sephiroth suddenly raised his hand up and swiped it to the side, bending the atmosphere around him. Marluxia was thrown to the ground at Sephiroth's feet.
"Heh, heh. Manipulating is so much fun!" he laughed darkly to himself. "Now, give in to my whims Marluxia. Kill that wretched cloaked figure at the door." Sephiroth snarled, remembering the cloaked figure who had forced him to put on a black cloak.
Marluxia's eyes dilated and he nodded, picking himself up, and walked out the door, dragging his feet like a zombie would. Sephiroth smirked. This he had to see. Following the flower-obsessed plaything, Sephiroth passed by Zexion who was giving him a strange look. Sephiroth motioned for Zexion to follow. At first Zexion just stared at him coldly before obeying Sephiroth. They reached the entrance in no time and Sephiroth saw the person who had given him the cloak standing there, fiddling with something.
Marluxia's scythe appeared in his hand. Zexion kept quiet as he wondered what Marluxia was going to do. Sephiroth, however, looked Marluxia in the eye and growled, "Make it bloody, and I mean damned bloody-no one orders me around and gets away with it." Sephiroth's tone made even Zexion shutter, who was usually emotionless and quite. A wicked grin flashed across Zexion's face as he realized Sephiroth was controlling Marluxia.
Marluxia went up to the cloaked man and put his hood on his head, making him looking like the Grim Reaper…with a pink scythe…yeah. The cloaked figure looked up at Marluxia and was about to say something when the blade of Marluxia's scythe came down on the cloaked man. It impaled the man's chest and ripped downwards, slicing through his stomach. Blood gush from the wound and a scream of pain and terror tore from the man's lips, but it was cut of by the gurgling of blood as Marluxia swung his scythe again, this time cutting through the man's rib cage and puncturing a lung. Blood pooled the ground as the man dropped to his knees, his life fading fast. Marluxia slashed the man's spine, ripping it clean in two.
The last thing the poor man saw was Sephiroth coming from the shadows and looming over him, his dark green eyes lighted with the sight of blood, an insane glint in them. "No one tells me what to do and lives,"
Zexion made a mental note to never order Sephiroth around, least he end up like that guy. "What on earth are you guys doing?" a female voice demanded. Zexion and Sephiroth whirled around to see a blonde hair woman coming down the stair case. She had claws that had concentrated strands of electricity running through them on one of her hands. Her icy eyes were cold.
When she saw the blood all over the floor and the cloaked man's shredded body laying in the middle of all the blood, her eyes widened. "Who did you guys kill?" Larexen demanded. Sephiroth was the first to notice that she wasn't horrified or angry, in fact she seemed rather excited.
"Marluxia killed the person who forced me to wear this dreaded cloak." Sephiroth replied dully, looking at the black cloak with distaste. He didn't like it, and now, since he had killed the guy who had forced him to wear it, he could take it off. He grabbed the collar of it and ripped it off his body.
Larexen was about to scream when she noticed that Sephiroth had a leather suit on underneath the cloak and relaxed. "You know you didn't have to rip the cloak off of yourself," she muttered, looking at the torn garment that had once belonged to some other Organization member or something that had been ordered too long for someone.
"Larexen, Zexion!" an authoritative voice snapped from behind Larexen. Sephiroth noticed that it was Saix, Xemnas's supposed favorite in the Organization. "The Superior requests your presence in his office ASAP…"
Sephiroth noticed that Saix's cold eyes had spotted the blood staining Marluxia's scythe and was now looking down at the floor, following the trickle of blood that gathered around his boots. He watched in bemusement as Saix's eyes widened at the sight of the torn body before narrowing. "Marluxia, did you kill this man?"
A devilish grin appeared on Sephiroth's face as he broke the trance he had put on Marluxia. Marluxia seemed to come out of the haze just as Saix asked the question and looked first at Saix, and then at the dead body. Marluxia's eyes widened in shock as he yanked away from the bloody corpse. "What the-? No! I didn't!" he yelped in surprise, seeing the spray of blood all over his cloak and scythe.
"Why are you lying to me?" Saix asked, his voice cold ."You killed Xemnas's attendant."
"Xemnas has an attendant?" Larexen asked, staring at Saix. Clearly she had not known there was another nobody like them outside the Organization besides Axel and Roxas-but that was a different story.
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Xemnas yawned, staring at his door, waiting for Saix to bring the ones that he had wanted to meet with to him. Xaldin walked in a few seconds later, but Larexen and Zexion did not appear. "Xaldin," Xemnas began, turning his cat-like amber eyes on the cloaked man with black hair and sideburns, "where are Larexen and Zexion?"
Xaldin shrugged, shaking his head, "I don't know. I passed them on the way up here. They were with Sephiroth and Marluxia, gawking at something. Then Saix went over to them and now I don't know when they'll be getting here, Superior."
Xemnas nodded, "Very well, wait here." With that said, Xemnas stood up and walked briskly out the door, glancing at the Moogle that was tied up and stuffed into a box on the table. "Watch the Moogle, Xaldin."
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"Yes he had an attendant," Saix growled, glaring at Marluxia.
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, muttering, "And he got what he deserved…"
"What does that mean?" Saix demanded, his cold voice turning icy and stern as he fixed his blue eyes on Sephiroth. Sephiroth smirked and mouthed 'Something you shall never know,' and then raised his hand and pointed.
"Looks like your leader-Xemnas-is here." Sephiroth pointed out, smirking as he saw the angry look on Xemnas's face. It was clear Xemnas had spotted the dead man laying in his own blood.
"Who killed my attendant?" Xemnas demanded. Everyone-including Zexion-turned to Marluxia. Zexion, however, caught Sephiroth's eye and both grinned evilly as Xemnas marched up to Marluxia in a rage. "Marluxia! You killed my attendant?"
"I-I didn't mean to! I-I mean n-no! I didn't!" Marluxia stuttered, his eyes wide.
Xemnas continued to glare at Marluxia and snapped, "After my meeting with Zexion, Larexen, and Xaldin, I wish to see you in my office, got that? You too Sephiroth!"
Sephiroth blinked and nodded, his grin not vanishing as he turned away from the three and the dead person and walked off outside. Outside, it was pouring down rain and everything was shadowed. "Argh! Rain! Peh-I hate it!" Sephiroth growled as he walked back in.
"Why do you hate rain?" a curious voice asked behind Sephiroth. Sephiroth's eyes twitched slightly as he saw a man with black-gray hair and a long, ugly scar on his cheek. He looked rather old, and his name was Xigbar.
"Rain is pure-rain is bad," Sephiroth growled, remembering a long time ago before he had moved onto Radiant Garden that that stupid wretch of an Aerith had sent rain down from the skies and ran his little puppet-Kadaj off.
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Xemnas sat in his office, now speaking with Zexion, Larexen, and Xigbar. "You three are to go to Destiny Island where our plan begins. Stake out there and keep an eye on both of our targets."
"Both?" Xaldin asked, confused for a second.
"I mean Riku and Cloud," Xemnas growled, his orange eyes flashing. "For now we shall ignore the Keyblade Master and focus on the one closest to the darkness. You will not have to worry about that blasted Sora, Xigbar. No, that is Larexen's problem."
"Mine?" Larexen asked, staring at Xemnas.
"Yes yours," Xemnas replied coldly. "You are to 'mess' with him if you get my meaning. This is where Zexion comes in."
"What? I am not going to do that!" Larexen shouted in horror.
"You're the only girl here-tough luck. Zexion, you will make Larexen look like someone she is not to Sora and everyone on the damn island. Got that?" Xemnas growled, growing rather irritated. Zexion only nodded, his cold silver-blue eyes not showing any emotion. "Good, then you will go with Xigbar and help him with Riku. Later on, I will send Xaldin in search of the dead woman."
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Zexion was a little surprised that Xemnas wanted Larexen to flirt with Sora. Strange of Xemnas-but his plan seemed full-proof because no one would ever know it was Larexen because of two reasons. 1. Sora's memory of Castle Oblivion had been erased. 2. He would change her image. Then he was supposed to go help Xigbar with Riku, though he did not quite understand what Xemnas was wanting him to do. He remained silent as Larexen continued to stare with shock and horror.
Xaldin, however, had to speak up on this part, "Do you think you'd be cheating on Axel, Larexen?" he teased.
A smile played on Zexion's lips as he tried to bite back a laugh. Even Xemnas was trying not to crack under the look at Larexen now had on her face. Her face had turned pink and she was glaring furiously at Xaldin. "No!" she defended, but Zexion could hear the uncertainty in her voice. She was lying to herself and she knew it!
"Okay," Xemnas said, regaining his cool, "this meeting is over. Larexen, Zexion, you two stay here. Xaldin, go get Sephiroth and Marluxia."
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"Rain is bad? But how can rain be bad? It's fun to play in-as in blood shed and watch the water spread the blood everywhere. So much fun!" Xigbar said merrily, his eyes bright.
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes. This guy was either drunk, or someone had done something to him. either that Zexion had morphed his personality-one of those. Yes, Zexion was useful for something, and that was morphing things and twisting peoples' minds and beings. "Sephiroth! Marluxia-Xemnas is waiting!" a voice yelled.
Sephiroth looked over at the stairs and saw Xaldin standing there. He nodded, glad to get away from Xigbar and rushed up the steps. Marluxia just walked up them, wiping the blood off his scythe. That meeting had been short. When Sephiroth reached Xemnas's office, he opened the door and looked around, to find that it was black-just like the meeting room with candles lighting it. Xemnas obviously had good taste-except for the fact that he had stolen Sephiroth's hairstyle, that did not make Sephiroth happy-it made him furious.
Marluxia came up behind him as he walked in the door and sat down next to Zexion who gave him a solemn look. Larexen look horrified and was gawking at Xemnas. "What'd I miss?" Sephiroth whispered to Zexion, "Did Xemnas just ask Larexen to marry him?"
Zexion chuckled at that comment. "No, no, nothing like that. It had to do with Sora and her-ya know."
Sephiroth's eyes widened in surprise. "You mean Xemnas wants-Egh! It would never work out for them!" That made both of them laugh. Someone cleared their throat and Sephiroth's head snapped up and he saw Xemnas glaring at both of them. Sephiroth wasn't sure if Xemnas had heard him or not, but it didn't matter. They would all be dead in due time-except for maybe Zexion-they could get along real well.
"Okay, explain to me, why did Marluxia kill my attendant?" Xemnas demanded, his voice cold.
Marluxia looked at Xemnas, "But I don't even remember laying a finger-or blade on your attendant!"
"Is that so? So what do you remember?" Xemnas asked.
Sephiroth blinked. He was about to be found out he knew it! Like he cared. The guy had forced him to where a cloak-no! That was so not him! "I remember standing in front of Sephiroth. He muttered something and then my mind went blank."
Xemnas turned his eyes on Sephiroth. "Sephiroth, do you have the ability to manipulate others?"
Sephiroth grinned, his Mako green eyes flashing as he nodded, "Yes I do-what fun it is! Watch this!"
Xemnas looked at Sephiroth heard him muttered something in a language he didn't understand ,staring deeply into Larexen's eyes. Sephiroth raised one of his gloved hands, "Now Larexen. Tell us-how much do you love Axel?"
(Heh-heh! You guys are going to have to wait for the next chappie to find that one out! This is going to be fun! Alright the next chapter is called: Buster Sword' Revenge. You'll find out why-if you can't guess it. Anyway, thank you for all of your reviews. I apologize again for abandoning this fan fiction for so long. My ideas had stopped coming for this story, but now they are back. Am I making it clear why I want Cloud and Sephiroth to be main characters now? I had many people ask me that several times. Well, if you don't understand now, you will soon. This book is much faster than the last one, which is how it is supposed to be. I am thinking up ideas as I go along. And then I was reading Secret of Memories and had an idea for this story form. That is why it has its sudden comeback! Oh and Riku says hi and that he hates my guts cause I actually came him the very Keyblade that he hates! Heh-heh!)
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Sorry for the long wait!