Kingdom Hearts : Worlds Apart
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She opened her eyes, then held up a hand to block out the sun. It was painfully bright. Elyxca shook her head and yawned. Her eyes then started to dart around. "Those columns," she whispered, "And the statues..." the girl smiled brightly and winked, "It's just like Maxi described it! I made it! I'm at Olympus!" The girl spun around, her cloak flowing around behind her. Two large, golden statues of warriors stood proudly at the door of the Colleseum. Their swords were pointed at the sky and the sun made their color stand out. The gold men held their round shields at their sides. She stopped and placed a hand on her chin. Now to find a heart...she thought, taking a few steps forward. She then heard the cracking of a door open. Quickly, she turned her head to see a large door open up. Behind this door was a swirling black and green cloud. Sparks of blue lightning streaked across it. Elyxca stared at the man who was walking through it. He was wearing a cloak like hers. "Organization XIII..." she whispered. When he disappeared through the smoke, the girl made a mad dash through it before the door finally closed.
She found herself at the top of a staircase. Behind her was the swirling cloud, but in front of her was a circlular rock with two branches leading to two large doors. Elyxca started moving down the steps, her eyes taking in everything. Maxi didn't describe this place...is this the Underworld? She reached the bottom of the stairs, looking around her quizzically. It seems this rock was in the middle of a large river. The girl moved over to examine the water of this river. A pale and thin hand grabbed up, wrapping its spinedly fingers around the chain that dangled from her neck. Elyxca let out a scream, shutting her eyes tightly and smacking at the hand. It let go, fading back into the water. This time, she stood up to look. It wasn't water; they were souls. Millions upon milions of human souls that had passed on in the world above her. She took a few deep breaths, still a bit startled from the event a few moments previous. Elyxca then heard a loud growling noise. To look, she spun on her heel. There was nothing that could have made the noise...nothing visible. Her eye caught attention of something at the horizon of the 'river'. It was tall and thin at the base, going upward like a pipe. At the top was something designed like a skull. In its two eyes were bright green lights that flickered; she guessed this to be a green flame. "Where did that guy go...?" she asked nobody. That's when she noticed that the door to the right was slightly ajar. Elyxca's natural curiousity lured her to it; she slipped inside.
Her eyes met a large cavern with a mysterious fog that coated the ground. Small lights, almost like fireflies, flickered all around her. Elyxca scratched the back of her head sheepishly; she wasn't sure if she wanted to go on. However, she had to proceed in order to find a way to obain a heart. She was careful of any drops in elevation that may have been covered by the mist. Once or twice she felt her foot slip and she nearly fell. Elyxca came to a ramp, which she followed beneath the mist. She found another cavern entrance. "I should be careful," she whispered, "I could get lost in here." Before she moved, however, she smacked her forehead playfully. "Wait a second..." she chuckled to herself, continuing through the cavern.
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"Listen, I just don't think that he's trustworthy!" a voice barked out. Maxiwill had stood up, his fist clenched and he stomped the ground. Lexstrik sat on the curb, ignoring his banter. "What do any of us know what's going through his head! He could be trying to lead us into a trap!" Maxiwill crossed his arms over his chest.
"Are you done ranting?" Lexstrik asked. The boy felt a vein pulse in his temple as his lip twitched angerly. The woman stood up and strode past him. "None of us know anything. We have to trust someone."
"But why him? You saw him!" he roared, "Besides, you can't like him that much! Not if you were willing to fight him off to protect me!" Maxiwill turned his back to her and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Well, maybe I should have let him kill you!" Lexstrik cried, "Elyxca and I are perfectly capable of obtaining a heart without you!" Maxiwill turned at this statement. He could feel his cheeks growing hot. Lexstrik felt her ears turn red as she clenched her teeth.
"You are?" he asked with a chuckle, "So far, I'm the only one who even TRIED to obtain a heart!" his temper was growing, "I fought that Sora brat and he defeated me! What did you do, Lexstrik, hmm!" Maxiwill put himself very close to her face when he asked this question. "You came back with a rose. A glowing rose. And judging by the looks of you," he stepped back and examined her, "you didn't even fight!"
"Oh, please! You didn't actually fight him, either!" she retaliated, "You summoned a nasty beasty! I'm sure he's tackled much bigger than whatever you had offered him!" The two Nobodies were growing tense with each other. Both of them continued their argument for a time until Lexstrik stomped her foot on the ground. "Sometimes I just want to tear you limb from bloody..." she clenched her fists. A strange light began to emit from her hands and whisps of black and white smoke began to swirl around her hands. There was a flash of light and she held two daggers tightly in her hands. "...Limb?" she had began to examine the two weapons. They were identical in appearance. The daggers curved in at odd angles and jutted out small points that looked just as dangerously sharp as the tip. Their color was a dark shade of red, and a black outline followed around the dagger. In the center of each weapon was the same symbol; a symbol identical to what held up Lexstrik's hair in that bun. It looked like a triangle at the top, with a 'tube' that followed downward with two more triangles coming out at either side. It flowed downward into a curve that looked like the top of a heart. Lexstrik grinned brightly, holding them tightly and sliding them across each other. There was a distinctive 'shink' of metal on metal. Maxiwill gulped.
"Well, well! Looks as if you're not just a copy cat after all!" he said. He shook his head, holding his hand up. He closed his eyes. If Axel could get weapons like this...he thought, then I can too! The wind picked up around him, swirling his cloak around. Lexstrik was also given a slight breeze. Tongues of black smoke flowed from the air into the palm of his head. At that moment, a black handle appeared in the air. He opened his eyes and looked up. "That's it!" he cried, "A handle bar!" He wrapped his fingers around it, hoping something would happen.
"Oh, dear me. How will I ever defend myself against a handle?" Lexstrik asked sarcastically. However, light and black smoke formed the outline of what looked like a rather large weapon. After the light cleared, a large boomerang lay in Maxiwill's grasp. He could fit his entire body in between it. The tips were sharp, just like Lexstrik's daggers. Three points shot out from the sides of the boomerang, identical on both sides and equal in size. The top of the boomerang dipped in toward the handle. On both sides of the handle rested the same symbol from Lexstrik's daggers. White bandanges wrapped themselves around random places of the weapon. It was a dark shade of blue, with an outline of black following around it.
"Now this is what I call a wea--" he was cut off when he felt his knees buckle under the weight of the boomerang. It was much heavier than it was when it first formed. He stumbled forward and shook his head. His balance equaled, he looked at Lexstrik, "You were saying?"
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Elyxca paused when she saw the same man from the door run past her. She stuck out her foot, looking away. The man tripped over and something gold fell out of his hand. Interested by the item, the girl bent over and picked it up. The cloaked man stood up, removing his hood. His face was soft and childish. He wore a sneaky expression on his face. His eyes were a bright blue. His hair was flat on the top and he had strands of blonde that dangled in front of his face. He also had a small mullet. "Hey!" he cried out. His voice matched his face, "Give that back!" Elyxca blinked at him, holding it high above her head.
"No," she said, "I like it." She looked up at it. It had to have been valuable if Organization XIII wanted it, right? "Who are you?" she asked.
"That's none of your buisness!" the boy cried, "I'll tell you if you give it back!" he jumped for it, but Elyxca moved her arm back to keep it out of his reach. The girl remembered Maixwill saying something about Hades. That he liked to make deals. Maybe if I take this to Hades, she thought then I could trade it for a heart! She began to walk away from the cloaked boy, ignoring his constant cries of 'give it back' and 'I'm getting angry!'.
She made her way make to the entrance to the Underworld, her eyes dead set on the skull-like tower at the end of the river. Her hand clutched the gold object tightly. The girl was about to take a step forward when she heard the echo of footsteps. The man from the cavern came running at her, knocking her over. She fell onto her backside, letting out a small yelp. However, her grip on the object didn't loosen and it still rested firmly in her grasp. He let out an exhausted sigh.
"Fine!" he barked, "My name is Demyx and I'm with Organization XIII! I stole that Hero Crest," he pointed to the object, "in hopes of luring Roxas here!" Elyxca stood up and brushed her backside off.
"Who?" she asked.
"Never mind that now! Can I just have it back, please!" he held out a hand and his fingers twitched. He acted in a very childish manner.
"Give me, give me never gets!" Elyxca taunted, running past him to the opposite door. When she opened it, Demyx came sprinting at her. He went past her and stopped. The same growling that Elyxca had heard when she first arrived filled her ears once more. Her gaze came to a large black dog, much bigger than anything she had ever seen. It had three heads and six blood red eyes. Two of the heads were snarling, showing off digusitingly yellow fangs. The two Nobodies gulped, taking a step back. There was a crack and a man in a swirling black robe appeared in front of them. He had a blue face, matching the blue flames on the top of his head. "Hades..." she whispered.
"Well, can't say that we've met, kid," he said to her. His voice was cocky and arrogent. Demyx had taken a step back. A spark appeared in his eyes.
"Yoink!" he laughed, snatching the Hero Crest from her hand and running out of the room, slamming the door behind him. She turned quickly and then looked back at Hades. He was smiling.
"You know, I don't exactly appreciate you running around here and waking up my pet here," he patted the dog on the middle head, "Cerebrus isn't exactly happy when you wake him up from his nap." Elyxca gulped, stepping back until she met with the door. Hades clicked his tongue and waved a finger at her. "Sic her, boy!" he disappeared in a flash of black smoke and blue fire.
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Maxiwill jumped into the air, although he couldn't go very high. The weight of the boomerang kept him down. Lexstrik looked up at him, shaking her head. The boy fell back to the earth, feeling a sudden pain go through his legs. She laughed at him as he winced. "Get over it," she said, running at him with her daggers held out in front of her. Maxiwill lifted his boomerang after a bit of a struggle and defended himself with one of the sides. He jumped back and threw the boomerang at her. As it was spinning, the boy ran after it. Lexstrik jumped into the air, and this was a cue for him to as well. The boomerang flew back to its owner, still twirling as fast as it had when he threw it. His hand gripped the handle and he stopped it. However, the momentum that it had picked up caused him to fly into a building, shattering a window. The boomerang went with him. As Maxiwill hit the back wall inside the building, his weapon pierced the wall and broke through it, caging him inside. He tried pushing the boomerang down, pushing it out. He even tried lifting it. No avail. Lexstrik appeared opposite him and approached him. "I could kill you right now," she said, lifting his chin up with the tips of one of her daggers. The boy smirked.
"Go right ahead. That'll leave you and Elyxca to try and find a heart yourselves," he wrapped his hand around the handle of his boomerang and closed his eyes. It disappeared in a flash of light and the wind kicked up just a small bit around them. "One less distraction, right?" Lexstrik's mouth twitched and she pulled her weapon away. The boy stood up and brushed himself off. A staircase led from the floor they were on downward toward the entrance. The girl sighed.
"Next time you insult Axel," she shook her head, "you won't be so lucky. Got it, Maxi?" He smirked and brushed his hair out of his face.
"Whatever," he said simply and fixed his glasses. He headed down the stairs, his hand trailing along the railing. This building must not have been well kept. Dust collected on his glove as he moved it down the rail. Upon reaching the bottom of the steps, he patted his glove onto his pants, small flicks of dust gathering around in the air. He sneezed as Lexstrik appeared behind him. The two walked out of the building to their usual spot on the curb. As Maxiwill sat down, the girl looked at her daggers, spinning one around so that the flat sides of both daggers could be placed together.
"If I copied Axel's weapon without these," she said to him, "what can I copy with them? Summon back your boomerang, Maxi." A sigh escaped the boy. Again, he lifted up his hand and the handle appeared. As his fingers wrapped around it gingerly, the weapon formed and he buckled once more under its weight, stumbling backward this time. Lexstrik shut her eyes and went into a deep thought. She imagined every aspect of Maxiwill's boomerang. The size, the shape, the points and the curves. She felt her hands get heavy. When she opened her eyes, she noticed her daggers were solid white and glowing with a strange light. She let them go, and they hovered above the ground for a moment before forming into the outline of Maxiwiil's weapon. When the light faded, it fell to the ground with a loud clank. It was a perfect copy. Almost exact, except that the colors were reversed; the black was now blue and the blue was now black. The white bandages of Maxiwill's boomerang were a dull grey on Lexstrik's copy. The girl bent down and wrapped her hand around the handle. It took a moment before she finally hoisted it up onto her shoulders. Maxiwill looked dumbstruck.
"So, you can copy other people's weapons," the boy shook his head and smirked, "Interesting. That may come in handy," he closed his eyes and the boomerang of his disappeared. At that very instant, the copy began glowing and it returned to its original shape of the two daggers. "And they have to be there in order for the daggers to hold the cloned shape." Maxiwill placed a hand on his chin.
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Elyxca looked at the three headed dog, gulping. Her hands were shaking as the beast moved closer to her. The left and middle head began to sniff her as the third licked its jowls in hunger. She pinned herself against the door, closed her eyes tightly and kept very still as the cold noses came into contact with her. When the noses backed away, she opened an eye to see all three of them licking their fangs. She let out a scream as the heads dived for her. Instinctively, she ran inbetween a pair of the heads and ran under its belly. It barked loudly as she went to the opposite wall. Due to its sheer size, it took a while for Cerebrus to turn completely around to face her. It lefted a paw and brought it down upon her. It was too late; she was done for.
She looked up, noticing that she was standing in the middle of the dog's toes. Something odd was happening to Cerebrus; it was looking around with all three of its heads. Why? She was standing right there in front of it. The dog lifted up its paw and searched around once more. What was going on? She looked down at her feet to see nothing but the rock below her. A soft gasp escaped her as she looked at her hands. She was nothing but a pale white outline; at least to her. She must have been invisible to Cerebrus. Elyxca shook her head violently, hoping to return back to normal. Her legs appeared first, followed by her feet and then her hands and arms. Her head and body took a little longer to return to visibility. This was turning into a game of dog and cat and she was the cat. She lifted up her hands and bent her fingers to look like claws. At that moment, the shadows in the room began to leave their owners and flow into her hands. Light emitted from her palms and they glowed with a mysterious grey light. The small fireflies that had flickered all around the underworld began to swirl about her hand as well. Cerebrus turned around slowly. Around Elyxca's hands were another set of gloves. At the tips of the fingers were large gold and lilac colored claws. On the top of her hand was a large spike that was a lovely shade of gold. She looked at her hands and the claws glittered in her eyes like a new treasure. She ran at Cerebrus, holding her arms out at her sides. The claws dug into its legs, leaving five large cuts on either side. As she did this, the dog let out a loud bark of pain. Elyxca then lifted her hands above her head and ran her new weapon along its underside, then back to her sides for its back legs. Cerebrus growled angerly. The girl had reached the door and she slipped through it, closing it behind her. She fell onto her backside, sliding her back against the door. She was breathing heavily. The girl looked at the claws on her hands. She looked quite taken aback when they disappeared in a flash of light. "Wait until I tell the others about this!" she laughed, standing up. As she lifted her hand to create a portal, she heard a voice call out;
"You stop right there!" it was a young boy's voice. The portal made, Elyxca turned to see the spikey haired boy and his two companions from Hollow Bastion.
"Oh! You must be Sora! Maxiwill has told me a lot about you!" she said, waving a hand at him. The grip on his Keyblade tightened.
"Really? You know Maxiwill?" he smirked, "Tell him if he's ready for another butt kicking to come and find me!" Elyxca shook her head, stepping backwards into the portal.
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"You WHAT!" Lexstrik and Maxiwill said collectively as the girl returned. The boy pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"So you met someone from Organization XIII...and you said he's kind of a wimpy guy?" Lexstrik said. Elyxca nodded and then began to tell her about the claws she had when she fought against Cerebrus. Her story was just as it happened. She couldn't find a way to explain to them how she disappeared and somehow went through Cerebrus' paw, but it was an interesting story none the less. Maxiwill looked a bit worried.
"You were almost killed..." he whispered, "And it was Hades fault!" he punched his palm with his fist. He held up his hand, but Lexstrik pinned it back to his side.
"You're not going any where. You can fight Hades when the time is right," she whispered to him. She looked over her shoulder at Elyxca who was blinking at the two, "Look. She's fine! No need to get angry now." She let go of him and turned to Elyxca, "Now we'll tell you OUR story!" She laughed, walking over to her and placing an arm around her shoulder. The two girls sat down on the curb as Lexstrik told the girl the story of her battle with Maxiwill. This story was greatly exaggerated, Maxiwill having to butt in more than once to say "That's not how it happened!". Elyxca smiled.
"So, we all have some sort of power and weapon?" she asked.
"Looks like it. This game is about to get much more interesting," Maxiwill smirked, rubbing his hands together devilishly.