So, here's the second chapter of my new installation. Again, I do not own any of the Kingdom hearts characters, and Michelle, if you are reading this, Axel does NOT look like a clown! For all you other people, hope you enjoy. And hi Alex!!!! (if you're reading this...)
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Falcon stood there, amazed. Never in all her life had she known about this Organization XIII thing, and here she was, after being dragged along by someone she didn't even know to join them. She had so many questions: who were these people, why did they want her to join, what was she going to do here? But she was so happy to have someone to take care of her that she barely cared. She smiled for the first time in a year, and some of her old personality came back.
"I'm glad to be here."
"I'll introduce our members then," the man said, and he turned, gesturing to each one in turn and introducing them. The fox-like man was named Saix, the one who creeped her out was Zexion, there was Axel and Roxas whom she had already met, and the blonde one was Demyx. There were many others, most of which she hadn't bothered to memorize their names. She did notice there was only one girl in the Organization, and her name was Larxene. The man who was the "Superior" was called Xemnas, but she figured no one really called him that. It was either "sir" or "the Superior" most of the time. The rest of the names, she figured, she would commit to memory over time.
"That is all," Xemnas said, "the rest of you may go do whatever it is your doing. No. 4, I hope that the Riku Replica you are working on is nearly done, we shall be needing it soon. Axel and Demyx, I want you two to go and rid the castle grounds of the heartless again; they're starting to get out of hand. Roxas, I want you to go on a spy mission, a very special spy mission. I want you to spy on your other half: Sora. Make sure you don't alert him to your presence. Falcon, I want you to go with him, it will be good experience."
"I'm staying here...?" she asked, "forever?"
"Yes, this is your permanent home, we hope for you to feel welcome," Xemnas replied. Falcon was so happy she didn't argue, "that will be all. Roxas, report to me after three hours. I do not want you wandering too much through Twilight Town like you did last time. Set a good example for our new member."
"Yes sir..." Roxas said, dipping his head, and he walked out of the room, with me following him.
"See you later Rox," Axel said to him at a fork in the hallway as he headed the other way with Demyx, "I'm off on heartless duty, ugh."
"Now you know what it feels like," Roxas said with a warm smile, "besides, you're good at it." Axel muttered something inaudible as he slung one of his chakrams over his shoulder, the other dangling loosely at his side. As soon as Axel and Demyx were out of sight, Roxas summoned up one of the black voids and stepped toward it.
"Come on," he urged, "let's go."
Falcon was a little uneasy, "um..."
"I'm not really supposed to use voids for teleportation," Roxas admitted with a nonchalant shrug of his shoulders, "the Superior says I'm too young, but Axel taught me in private." Falcon frowned a bit, her eyes narrowing. Roxas laughed, "I know Axel's a bit arrogant, but he's great when you get to know him." Falcon looked up, surprised, "really, he isn't so bad. He took me under his wing when I came to the Organization, we'll do the same for you." Falcon's eyes brightened and she smiled a warm smile.
"You should talk more often, not the talkative type?" Roxas asked. Falcon looked down and didn't say anything.
"I'm shy around people I don't know..." she said.
Again Roxas smiled, "well you can talk to me. And Axel would be much friendlier if you gave him a chance," then Roxas's eyes glittered slyly, "and I think he's being extra snobby to you because he's starting to develop a liking towards you."
Falcon looked up, her eyes sparkling with amazement, "how do you know?"
"I've known him for two years now," Roxas said, "call it intuition if you will. I think I'm right, you'll see."
"But...he's so..."
"Obnoxious?" Roxas finished with a laugh, "yeah. Well, you should know that guys like him don't like people to know how they really feel. Ruins his ego." Falcon seemed unsure; she still hadn't forgiven Axel for trying to drag her off so roughly.
"Like I said," Roxas added, "give him a chance. He cares about you."
"He never talks to me! He never even looks at me!" Falcon said, "how can you be so sure-?"
Roxas just gave her a knowing look, "like I said, call it intuition if you will. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about." Without another word, the two of them strolled into the void, and were surrounded by darkness. To Falcon it seemed she took two steps before they were somewhere else. As she looked behind her, she saw they had stepped out of the dark void, and were somewhere unrecognizable.
"You know," she pointed out, "for a nine year old, you talk like you're sixteen."
"It's probably from being around people much older than me for so long," Roxas replied, "now quiet, I see Sora." Falcon realized they were high up in a crevice, hidden from view. Roxas pulled his cloak hood over his head to hide him even further, and as he looked to the side, he realized Falcon was gone! He let out a little gasp and glanced quickly around.
"I'm right next to you," Falcon's voice whispered. Roxas flinched and looked back. Now that he concentrated, he could barely make her out from the wall behind her. Her eye color had turned pale lavender and the rest of her body had turned transparent so she blended perfectly with the surroundings.
"How are you-?" Roxas began.
"I turned into glass," Falcon replied, "it's a good camouflage technique." Sure enough, Roxas felt her arm and it was smooth as glass, and you could see right through it.
"But how can you-?"
"Shh..." Falcon whispered, "I'll explain later." Then she turned her attention to Sora.
"Riku! You're actually real!" Sora cried as he immerged from a door that was engraved with a red fire symbol. He jumped forward and stretched the cheeks of another boy in front of him.
'Riku...' Falcon thought, 'where have I heard that before...?' Then she remembered: Xemnas had said something about a Riku Replica to this guy named Vexen. Why did they need a Riku Replica? Oh well, it was none of her concern. She turned her attention back to the two boys, who were now accompanied by a duck and some dog thing that carried a shield. The duck wielded a staff.
"Hey knock it off," Riku said, waving his arm in the air.
"Where's Kairi?" Sora asked.
"Isn't she with you?" Riku asked in return. Sora hung his head, "well, it's okay. I'm sure she got out."
"I traveled all over, visiting different worlds, looking for you!" Sora cried, "well, with their help." He indicated the duck and the other one.
"Who are they?" Riku asked, as if seeing them for the first time. He looked them up and down seemingly with disdain.
"I'm Donald," the duck said.
"And I'm Goofy."
"Uh huh..." Riku replied, then turned back to Sora, "well it's all right, just leave to me-" Suddenly Sora was behind him, his keyblade slicing through a heartless.
"Leave it to who?" Sora asked huffily, slinging the keyblade over his shoulder.
"When did you-?" Riku began.
"Like I said, I was looking all over for you," Sora said.
"Sora's the keyblade master!" Donald said.
"So this is a...keyblade?" Riku asked, holding up Sora's keyblade, inspecting it.
"Wha-?" Sora exclaimed, and lunged at Riku, "give it back!" He stumbled and fell, and Riku shrugged.
"Here, catch," he said, and threw the keyblade to Sora, who caught it.
"So, you're coming with us, right?" Sora asked, "we've got this awesome ship!"
"No!" Donald said firmly.
"What? Why not?" Sora cried.
"He just can't!"
"Oh come on..." Sora said.
"Sora..." Goofy said, indicating the spot where Riku once stood. As Sora looked, Riku was no longer there, but Roxas and Falcon had seen him slip away quietly.
"Oh good going," Sora said, before sighing, "well, at least I know he's okay." With that, they walked away. Roxas flashed out his keyblades.
"Sora's not the only one..." he said, "this one's Oblivion," he indicated his right hand, "and this one's Oathkeeper," he indicated his left hand, "come on, that's enough. We should report back to the Superior."
"Why don't any of you ever call him by his name?" Falcon asked as she turned back solid.
"We just don't, I learned that my first day here," Roxas replied, "it's best not to risk it, don't you think?" Falcon nodded, and Roxas opened up another portal, and they stepped toward it.
"Say, you never told me how you can turn to glass," Roxas said as they stepped through. As they were walking towards the castle, Falcon explained everything, and then they met up with Axel and Demyx, who had just finished with the heartless, and she explained it all again.
"So...you're a demon?" Axel asked, astounded. Falcon nodded.
"That explains your sharp nails," he said, looking at his wound with disdain. Falcon remembered what Roxas had told her about Axel, and tried to keep a look out for anything that might hint he actually cared about her, but so far, he wasn't making it easy.
"Then turning to glass shouldn't be all you can do," Demyx said reasonably.
"I'm a good fighter, and I can do magic really well," Falcon said, "and I'm gonna get my wings soon."
"When does that happen?" Roxas asked.
"On my tenth birthday," Falcon said proudly.
"Which is...?" Axel asked.
"Very soon, in a couple of days," Falcon replied.
"So do you have an element of magic you prefer?" Demyx asked.
"Shadow," Falcon replied, "I've always only been able to do shadow magic. Anything using the element of shadow or necromancy is my expertise."
"Good, not taken," Demyx sighed. Falcon shot him a curious look.
"What'd you mean?" she asked. Demyx glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.
"You'll find out," was all he said.
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Well I hope you liked it all you peepz out there! Yeah I know the years are messed up. For all of you who don't know, the scene of Riku and Sora was from KH1. And supposedly, KH1 is only one year before KH2, but since Spirit Fire (which all of you should have read before this) takes place during KH2, and is five years later, it's kinda sketchy...but oh well. That's a minor thing. So...R&R, hope you liked it!
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