Chapter 7:

Roxas's POV

Hueco Mundo 12:53 p.m, same day

I don't know where I am when I wake up, but I certainly don't want to be here. I sit up and rub my head. I can't see right, everything is just a blur of grey. I close my eyes and shake my head. I'm in a dark room with only a table, a couch, and a small window. Again, don't where I am, but I need to break out.

I stand up and try to summon my Keyblade. Nothing. I try again and nothing happens. I look around confused and dazed. I try one last time, again nothing.

"What the heck? Why can't I summon my Keyblade?" I muttered to myself.

I look down and realized my clothes have changed. I'm no longer wearing my Organization XIII coat; I'm wearing a simple long-sleeved white shirt with black lining and white pants with black cuffs.

"What the heck…?" I mutter to myself.

"You're here for a reason," A voice tells me.

I turn slightly as the door opens and a man walks in. He's as pale as snow with short black hair and green eyes. There's also a white…thing on one side of his head and green lines running down from his eyes to his chin. He was dressed in black and white, like me, and he had a hole that went right through his collarbone. Just looking at him gave me the creeps.

"Come," He beckoned. "Lord Aizen would like a word with you," He told me, not a hint of emotion in his voice.

I followed him with other choice. He led me through the endless maze of halls with high ceilings. The light was so bright I was almost blinded. We can to a stop in front of a large silver door. The pale man pushed it open and walked inside.

The room was very large and spacious. It looked like there was a living corner on one side of the room, judging by the bed and the dresser. He turned towards the balcony where another man stood.

He had sleeked back brown hair with a small piece hanging in front of his brown eyes. He was dressed in a white coat with black edges and white pants. He also wore a red blet that stuck out like a sore thumb. He stood up and smirked slightly at my escort.

"Thank you, Ulquiorra. You may leave now," He commanded.

"Yes, Lord Aizen," Ulquiorra replied as he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

I stood alone in the room with Aizen. A couple slow and peaceful moments drifted by before he walked over to, looking pleased. I almost took a step back but I forced myself not to.

"You must be Roxas, judging by Halibel's told me," He began. "You are in Hueco Mundo, home of the Arrancars. The world you live in…has a link to Karakura Town; our goal is to attack it this winter. But we need a base closer to it, like your world. But-"

"I'm not telling you anything!" I snapped, knowing where he was going.

"You have no other choice. This whole palace is sealed off by spiritual pressure, you can't use any of your magic," He replied smirked even more.

"Then where's my Keyblade? Where's Axel?" I yelled at him.

Aizen chucked. "Your Keyblade is sealed off by spiritual pressure in another room. And your friend is dead sadly," He replied.

A pain struck me like I was being stabbed through the heart. How could he know about Axel? He was not in the greatest condition when I last saw him but he was fully conscious and fighting like there was no tomorrow. I gasped as I realized the truth. The people we were fighting we excellent in combat. A lot better than I had ever seen. There was a possibility, but…was it true?

"You're wrong!" I yelled back bravely. "Axel's not dead! You just wait! He'll come busting in here to rescue to me!" I tried to convince myself.

"You don't get it. Even if he is alive, he has no way of getting here. Your weapon is sealed away and you can't even use magic. There is no way of escaping, give it up," He explained.

I looked at the ground. He was right. I had no way of getting out. I felt him jerk my head up to meet his eyes.

"Now tell me…how can I eliminate anyone in your world without destroying it?" He asked me.

Elsewhere…

Karakura Town-3 days later, 2: 15 p.m

Ichigo's POV

"Hey, where's Axel?" I wondered as we walked along the streets of the town looking for a portal.

"He went ahead to gather the organization. If we convince Xemnas, we'll need a few members to help us on our journey," Kisuke replied.

I shrugged my shoulders. Whoever this Xemnas guy is I was about to find out. Rukia and Renji were walking beside me. Rukia seemed a bit uneasy, I wasn't sure why, but she was twitching every three seconds. Renji gave her a confused stare and turned towards me. I shrugged my shoulders.

We stopped when we neared the high school. I gazed around and saw a blurry spot a couple yards in front of us. Kisuke signaled for us to follow him as he stepped through the portal. It glowed for a second before shifting into a crown. Rukia stepped into the portal, uneasy, followed by Renji and me.

When we stepped out we where no longer in Karakura Town, we in a much MUCH duller world. Skyscrapers loamed over us like huge, grey giants. The pavement was pure black and ahead of us the black pavement turned into a glowing white path that lead to a levitating pale purple castle.

Kisuke lead us up the path, which I was a bit freaked out on. I mean, is it even solid? We stepped inside and I gazed around nervously. Everything was white and metal-like there was also this strange symbol everywhere. I swear it was on EVERYTHING.

"It's the Nobody symbol," Kisuke told us as if reading our minds. "I'll explain later,"

He led us through endless hallways and through a high-ceiling-ed room with a balcony above it. I kinda liked it in my opinion, but Rukia still had a firm hold on my arm like she was frightened child. Kisuke led us through a couple more rooms before we entered one of the strangest meeting rooms I had ever seen.

These really tall throne-like chairs bordered the room as if they were surrounding us. All of us stood in the center on that same symbol. Renji was gazing around curiously like a small child. The whole organization was gathered here judging by how almost every seat was filled up. But there was one that was empty that was next to a blonde girl, who looked as annoyed as hell. I could feel twelve pairs of eyes staring at me like I'm some kind of science fair project gone wrong.

"Xemnas, my old friend it bring me pleasure to see you again," Kisuke greeted bowing respectfully.

At that moment two men jumped down from their seats. One had pure white hair and long side bangs that hung over his fierce golden eyes. The other had long blue hair and an X shaped scar across his face and serous golden eyes like the other man. They both wore the same black coats as Axel.

"Kisuke?" The one with white hair questioned.

"Xemnas, you don't need to get all emotional just because it's been two years since we've seen each other," Kisuke began.

Xemnas shook off the thought. "You're right we have more important matters to discuses," He agreed turned around to face the organization.

"Organization XIII, I have some bad news. Roxas has gone missing," He announced.

A couple mummers rose up from the members but quickly died down. I see him glace at an emo-looking guy with blue hair that has his nose buried in a book.

"Zexion put the book down," Xemnas commands.

Zexion didn't seen to hear him.

"Zexion put the stupid book down," He tells him again, getting quite annoyed.

Zexion still didn't answer.

"PUT THE BOOK RIGHT NOW BEFORE I LOSE IT!!" Xemnas's assistant yelled loudly, scaring the whole organization the process.

Zexion finally shuts the book and puts it in his lap and listens. He looks like he would love to be reading it right now. Xemnas turns towards the rest of the organization and begin to speak again.

"I do not possess any information on where he is but we do have some that might know," He assured stepping, aside making room for Kisuke.

"I am Kisuke Urahara, first of all," Kisuke began. "Second the people that kidnapped him were called Arrancars. They have the powers of us soul reapers and of hollows, the thing that attacked Demyx. They have a humanoid appearance and live in Hueco Mundo, the Las Noches palace to be exact," He explained.

"Would it kill ya to explain what these fairy-tale creatures are?" A girl with blonde hair yelled out grumpily.

"They're not fairy tale creatures!" Renji yelled back. "They're souls trained to be fierce warriors!"

"Enough!" The blue-haired man yelled out, putting an end to their argument.

"I was thinking was could form an alliance to get back Roxas. We can't do it alone," Kisuke told Xemnas.

"How do we know we can trust him?" A guy (I think) with pink hair pointed out.

"We can, I may have only known him for three years but he is someone I know I can trust," He replied.

A couple more worried mummers rose up from the crowd. I felt rage build up inside me.

"Can't you guys have faith in Kisuke?" I yelled stepping forwards and silencing everyone. "He may be crazy, but you need to trust us on this! Think of it! If we don't get back Roxas then your chances of becoming complete are gone! Did you ever think about it that way?" I almost screamed.

"He speaks the truth," A familiar voice assures.

A turn around as Axel jumped down from his chair. I smile at him as he steps forward.

"I was there when the Arrancars kidnapped Roxas, so was he. I was injured and if he wasn't there…I wouldn't be here right now," He told everyone.

The room fell totally silent. I turned as Kisuke gave me a thumbs-up. I smiled at him as Xemnas picked up on where I was going.

"Going to Hueco Mundo will be considered a recon mission and a battle mission," Xemnas began. "I will send three of you there to retrieve Roxas," He announced.

"I'm automatically in," Axel decided. "He's my best friend, I should go. Plus I'm good in combat," He pointed out.

Xemnas turned towards the blue-haired man. "Who else do you think we should send, Saix?" He asked him.

Saix turned his head and gave the three of us a hard stare. I've gotten a lot of creepy stares before but his was probably the creepiest. They burned into mine like he could see right through me. Kisuke stepped in between us.

"They may not look like much but trust me, they can fight…especially, Ichigo," He told him with a firm tone to his voice.

"He's only a kid," I hear a voice say annoyed.

"Whoever said that must really want to piss me off," I muttered loud. "They basically asking for me to kill them," I growl grabbing the handle of my zanpakuto.

"Ichigo, control your temper," Rukia whispered to me. "Remember if we want to convince these guys we need to be as calm and cool as possible," She told me.

I draw in my breath and sigh. Xemnas whispers something to Kisuke before he turned back to the Organization.

"Whomever I send be forewarned, there will be Arrancars everywhere and they are quite powerful, from what Kisuke tells me and from Vexen's experiments on the hollow," He started. "You will also most likely encounter espada, the ten most powerful Arrancars," He finished explaining.

"Any volunteers?" Kisuke asked everyone.

Just as I expected, the whole room was dead silent. I swear you could hear crickets somewhere in the room.

"Well, good luck finding someone willing to go," Kisuke joked fanning himself.