Kingdom Hearts : Worlds Apart

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Lexstrik smiled at the appearance of the man. Maxiwill and Elyxca, on the other hand, gave off an air of disapproval. Axel shrugged his shoulders. "Fine," he said, "Doesn't look like I'm wanted much anywhere." He turned to leave, yet he paused when he felt his hand tugged on by someone. The red haired man looked over his shoulder to see the top of a girl's head. Lexstrik gripped his hand a little tighter.

"Don't go yet!" she cried. Maxiwill stood up, stretching his arms out. The boy then pushed his half moon spectacles up the bridge of his nose.

"Lexstrik says you know something about Organization XIII." There was an affirmative nod from Axel. A smirk appeared on both men's lips, "Care to fill us in?" At this question, the man shook his head.

"I'm sure you'll find out on your own," he said. Maxiwill clenched his fist at this, and then laughed a bit.

"See ladies?" he said, looking from Lexstrik to Elyxca, "I was right. Axel isn't going to say anything. Maybe he doesn't know anything." The boy crossed his arms across his chest, staring daggers at the person opposite him. Lexstrik let go of Axel's hand and stepped in front of Maxiwill.

"It'll just take some more persuasion!" she hissed, "Let me give it a try," she turned around to look at Axel. However, Elyxca already started to talk to him.

"Please," she said, "we just want to know what Organization XIII wants! We're all Nobodies here, right?" she looked at the three others.

"Axel..." Lexstrik whispered, "you said in Port Royal that I was too cute to be involved with Organization XIII. It's too late now," she crossed her arms over her chest, "I'm involved and I want answers." The red-haired man shrugged his shoulders.

"You three are quite a trip," he laughed, "All right. Well, let me explain the best I can..."

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There was an alarm blaring in the home of a magician in Hollow Bastion. A man with blonde hair and quite a lot of stubble sat at the computer, typing away swiftly on the keyboard. Two people burst through the door. One was a tall man, with brown hair that rested on his shoulders. He had a scar across his face. Fur from his jacket tickled his cheeks. The other was a girl with black hair. She was rather short compared to the man. She wore a black shirt with flower print, along with a gray vest. For pants, the girl had very short khaki shorts. The rest of her legs were covered by boots that came up to her mid theigh. "Cid!" the man barked, standing next to him, "What's going on?" His voice was somewhat demanding, even in a natural setting. However, there was a tinge of panic in his voice. This alarm hadn't gone off before.

"Just give me a second," the man named Cid growled, continuing to type on the computer. The alarm stopped, "All right, that should be it," he said, wiping sweat from his brow. "Almost gave me a heart attack," he said with a southern drawl, "burstin' through that door like that, Leon."

"When Yuffie," he said, pointing at the girl, "heard the alarm, we rushed here as fast as we could. What was it?"

"A world signing in an SOS. Can't say we can do much, though," he ran his thumb across his nose, "That spikey haired boy with the key's gotta do it. It's been over run by Heartless." A gasp escaped the girl.

"But Sora isn't here!" she cried out, "Do you know what world it was?" Cid slid back into his chair, crossing his arms across his chest. He shook his head.

"Nothin' I've ever seen before. Big ol' ring. Metal outside, land on the inside," the man laughed.

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"So..." Elyxca mumbled, sitting back on the curb and staring at the cement, "Organization wants to complete this 'Kingdom Hearts' to have hearts of their own?" She looked at Axel for a moment, then back at the pavement.

"That's it in a nutshell," the man told her. Lexstik and Maxiwill stood thinking.

"And they don't think we're good enough for this?" Lexstrik asked. Axel shook his head.

"No, no. Xemnas found promise in all three of you. It's just that..." he pointed at Elyxca, "Saix didn't tell you the whole story. Yes, he sensed great promise. But," he continued, "Xemnas is afraid of you." The girl looked up and blinked. "And you," he pointed at Lexstrik, "he would like to have you in Organization XIII. Yet, I don't. It was my duty to scoop you up and I refused to bring you back." His gaze turned to Maxiwill, who was fidgeting with his glasses. "Xemnas thinks you're too childish. Anyone can see that." The boy paused, looking at Axel.

"I'm not a child!" he barked, stomping his foot on the pavement. The three others laughed.

"I see what you mean," Elyxca smiled. The boy crossed his arms over his chest and put his nose up in the air. He walked swiftly past Axel and sat down on the curb, next to Elyxca.

"Aww, is baby gonna cry?" Lexstrik teased. The boy unfolded his arms, placing them on the cement. His hand came into contact with Elyxca's, in which he then quickly pulled his hand back. Instead, he rested his hand across his knees. Maxiwill looked at Lexstrik and Axel.

"Well, we've got all we wanted out of you," he smirked, "You cna go now." He shooed him away with his hand. Axel shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm sure we'll see each other again," he said to the three. He held up his hand and faded back into the darkness.Lexstrik took a seat next to Maxiwill.

"So, now that we know what Organization XIII wants..." she began, "should we try and get hearts too?" All three of them nodded.

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"Where are we?" Sora whispered, looking around. Their mode of transportation, the GummiShip, lay on a soft patch of grass. The front of it was busted up pretty badly. "We've never been here before," he looked up at the sky. Above him were white clouds and clear blue skies. One thing was weird though; it looked as if there was an entire group of islands floating above him. The tallest looked around a bit. "What do you think, Goofy?"

"Well," he said. His voice sounded a bit slow, "before we crashed, I noticed that this world looked like a big ring." Before he could continue, they heard something click. Sora turned around on his heel, his Keyblade materializing. Goofy held up his shield and Donald gripped his wand. Before them stood what they thought was a half-giant. He was much taller than any of them. He was wearing green armor that covered his entire body. Upon his head was a green helmet with an orange visor. He was broad chested and broad shouldered. The man had a pistol in his hand. He lowered it when he noticed Sora's Keyblade.

"Who are you?" Sora demanded, clutching his Keyblade, "You shouldn't go around pointing things like that at innocent people!" The man lifted it back up and fired. The three heard a thud behind them. Donald looked over his shoulder to see a creature lying on the ground. It had a narrow head and its mouth was broken up into four sections. It was large in itself, like the man who fired. It had blue armor coating its scalely body.

"Is that a Heartless!" Goofy exclaimed, blinking at the creature.

"I'm not sure what these 'Heartless' are," said the man. His voice was somewhat eerie. It was deep and wheezy, yet it gave off the impression that he was a strong man, "but that isn't a 'Heartless'."

"T-Then..." Sora whispered, looking slowly back at the man in green armor, "what was it?"

"We call them 'Elites', part of the alien race of the Covenant," he walked past them, picking up its body. He gripped it tightly around the neck, and threw it into a nearby river. Sora gulped, thinking that this wasn't a world they really wanted to be on.

"You seem to know a lot about this world..." Donald said, "Where exactly are we?" The man rolled his shoulders back and relaxed his neck before looking at the three.

"You are on what is known as...Halo."