Kingdom Hearts: Memories of Nobody

Chapter Four

Chaos Ensues

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts.

RFF: Xenia is terrified of clowns. When she was Somebody, she went to a carnival and a clown stalked her the entire time, and she ended up kicking him in the crotch!

Last time: The Soulless Whisper builds a bomb and turns Marluxia's garden into a glitter wonderland, and dyed his hair black!

My mission today: avoid Marluxia at all costs. He will commit homicide without a second thought. How do you think he got the title Graceful Assassin? Anyway, I was hiding in the game room. Luxord was playing poker with Xaldin and Larxene, Demyx was playing The Legend of Zelda, and Roxas was asleep on the couch.

I was on Marly watch, since I didn't want to die at the age of 19! I'm not even allowed to legally drink yet! But, I do so anyways, thanks to Luxy over there. Where am I hiding? On the ceiling of course! The ceiling was never completed, so you could see pipes. I was hanging on one. Dangling is more like it, but whatever.

The doors were violently kicked open. Marluxia stormed in with a black head of hair, even his eyebrows were black! I made it so no one would tell where I was, or else they would become sushi and permanently mute.

"Where is she?" Marly demanded.

"Who?" Luxord asked.

"Xenia!" Marluxia yelled.

"Haven't seen her," Larxene replied, putting a card down on the table. Marluxia was fuming, which is a funny sight to see actually. I waved my legs, and tried to keep my balance. Do you know how hard it is to keep your balance on a one foot thick pipe? Pretty hard.

Marluxia punched the wall, sending a shockwave all the way to the ceiling. The pipes vibrated and I promptly fell off. I landed right in front of the Graceful Assassin. How convenient for him…

"Hi… Marly…" I said nervously, slowly getting up. Marluxia jumped at me, but I ran past him, screaming bloody murder the entire time. He chased after me, slamming the door behind him.

"Five hundred on Marluxia," Demyx betted.

"You're on," Larxene replied.

Hallway

I wasn't running. I was sprinting for my life! Marluxia was like a raging bull, and I was the one dressed in red from head to toe. Lady Luck wasn't on my side though. I was the fastest in the Organization, but the klutziest too.

So, I tripped over my own cloak. I landed on my face, and there wasn't enough time to get up and run again. Marluxia's shadow loomed over me. I rolled on my back, and crab walked backwards. He followed me like a hungry tiger.

He summoned Graceful Dahlia, and brought the scythe down to pierce me. I rolled out of the way. Jumping to my feet, I did a back handspring to dodge his next assault. I summoned Screaming Eternity and sidestepped away from the scythe.

"C'mon Marly! It was just revenge!" I tried to calm down the pissed off Graceful Assassin, whose hair is black, and garden is 'ruined'. I dodged another incoming blow from his scythe.

"You… YOU RUINED MY GARDEN AND HAIR!" Marluxia yelled. I blocked Graceful Dahlia with Screaming Eternity. But let's face it… Marly is two times physically strong than me, so it probably left a bruise.

I AM however, faster. I dodged a vertical downward chop, followed by a horizontal slash. There was no way to talk Marluxia out of fighting me. So I know what I have to do. RUN LIKE HELL AND HOPE AXEL IS IN MY PATH!

I blocked Graceful Dahlia again, then spun and ran like hell. "Get back here!" an enraged Marluxia yelled. But, I was all-out sprinting. Please, please, please, Axel be in my path! I nearly collided with Vexen, and he told me to not run in the halls. Ignoring him, I continued to run.

As I was about to turn to see if Marly was still behind me, I was pinned to a wall. Marluxia held my wrists above my head with one hand, and in the other, he held his scythe. Well, I had a good run eh?

"I'm sorry!" I cried out. Marluxia was practically foaming at the mouth. If I kicked him in the groin, that would seal my death wish. So yeah, I was screwed. 'Please take pity upon me!' I mentally screamed. Seriously, can't Marly take a joke?

He raised Graceful Dahlia. Oh, yup, I'm dead. I closed my eyes, and waited for Marluxia to just kill me. I heard the downward swing, and the sound of metal hitting…rock? I opened my left eye, and saw Marluxia's scythe wedged into the wall right besides my head. The Graceful Assassin let go of my wrists, and pried out the flower based scythe.

"You're… sparing me?" I nervously asked.

"No," was his answer. Great, he still wants to fight… Well, looks like if I continue to run, Marluxia will still find a way to catch me! Time to kick some ass…

I made an X with my arms, and Screaming Eternity reflected light, making a small flash. I swung my arms horizontally, in different directions, and metal hitting metal echoed in the hallway. I lunged at the Graceful Assassin, with my claws raised, but he blocked my attack with the ark of Graceful Dahlia.

Jumping back, I dodged his counterattack, and charged back at him. Marly tried a leg sweep with his scythe, but I did a front tuck over it, and scratched his cheek, leaving three, bleeding cuts. He pressed his black glove to the crimson liquid, and smirked. Well, this can't be good…

Marluxia swiped at me horizontally, which I simply stepped back, but he quickly changed the direction of his assault, making it a vertical chop. I tried to block with the gauntlet part of Screaming Eternity, but I didn't coordinate his attack correctly, and it missed the gauntlet part by about four inches, and cut my flesh.

A stinging and burning sensation shot through my forearm. I did a handless cartwheel to avoid another attack. "Damn it Marluxia! That hurts!" I yelled. Marly's scythe IS sharp, and it's practically impossible to leave a minor cut. Instead, all injuries received by Graceful Dahlia are deep and bleed for awhile.

Marluxia jumped into the air and tried another vertical chop, but I had enough of it, so I blasted him away with a sound wave. "I don't want to fight you!" I pleaded. Marluxia did a handspring and swiped at my face. I blocked his strike with the claw part of Screaming Eternity.

The Graceful Assassin did a combo attack, where he swiped right then left, pulled his scythe up, and then brought it back down. I dodged the first swipe, lost some of my sleeve on left swipe, cut my leg on the upward slice, and then finally, I received a cut that started on my shoulder, and ended at my hip. I'm tired of fighting back, so I'll die bleeding.

"Fight back!" Marluxia commanded. I shook my head no. Marluxia growled and repeated the command. My response, no. I lurched forward, and then as if gravity didn't exist, I fell backwards instead of forwards. Screaming Eternity vanished, and I stared at the ceiling.

Marluxia's face blocked my view of the boring, white ceiling. I looked away. "Let's get you to Vexen," the Graceful Assassin sighed. He crouched down by my side, and his left arm went over my shoulders, and his right arm went behind my knees. Marly's picking me up… bridal style? I'd prefer to be thrown over his shoulder than this… this… HUMILIATING action! I'm independent! I can walk myself!

He stood up fully, with my in his arms, and began walking towards Vexen's lab. On the way, I was thinking, 'Put me down!' But let's face it, Marluxia won't. I don't need his help! Well, maybe I do, but still! This will bring my image down!

"Marluxia, you know I can walk right?" I asked. Anger coated my words, and even though Nobodies don't have hearts, I was simply acting off of my memories as a Somebody.

"You can't even stand up, so how do you think you'll be able to walk," Marly replied. I growled. Of course, I think he just wants my body close to his. When he joined the Organization, he blushed when he saw me, so everyone teased him about him wanting me. Even I teased him!

Flashback

"We are here to welcome our newest member, Number XI, Marluxia. The Graceful Assassin," Xemnas introduced. We all faced the center platform. A fairly tall Nobody stood there in our cloak. He drew his hood back, and revealed a rather girly face with pink hair and striking blue eyes. Flower petals fell to the floor when his hood came down.

We all stared at him for a minute. I was sitting with Luxord, bored out of my mind. That's when Xigbar decided to speak up. "Are you a guy?" the Freeshooter asked, twirling his arrow guns.

Marluxia's calm expression deadened. "Yes, I am," he growled. Most Organization members tried to not laugh at Xigbar's question. Since there was nothing better to do, I decided to put an arrow in Xigbar's ego.

"Xiggy, you're just jealous that Marly here is cuter than you'll ever be. So stop picking on Nobodies that actually have two eyes," I sighed. Marluxia looked up at me then looked away, attempting to hide a blush. My cloak was more revealing today, since I lost a bet with Luxy here.

The rest of the Organization saw his blush and a window of opportunity opened. "That's Xenia, the only present female in the Organization. She's single ya know, and likes to play strip poker," Axel smirked. Marluxia put his hood up, and crossed his arms.

"She's a fighter. But definitely isn't a virgin!" Xigbar barked from his chair. I shot the Freeshooter a death glare. He smiled. Well, if that's the way he wants to play, then so be it.

"Xiginator, you're just jealous that I can actually get some action ya one eyed freak!" I shot back. Our glares met each other, and lightning sparked between us. Back then, we weren't on good terms.

The air temperature dropped. Vexen wasn't happy that his experiment was interrupted for a new member. "Both of you shut up! This is madness!" he snapped. All members except Vexen and Marluxia smiled. Every time a member would say this is and then something after it, well, just watch.

I appeared on Vexen's chair, and kicked him out. "THIS… IS… SPARTA!" everyone but Marluxia and Vexen yelled. Even Xemnas and Saїx do too, since it's rather fun to do.

End Flashback

"Here we are," Marluxia announced. We were in front of the Chilly Academic's door. I've never liked Vexen, he's just annoying. And psycho. And wants to experiment on me. Marluxia kicked the door open, causing Number IV to drop his empty test tubes.

"What the hell do you want?" Vexen screeched. Marluxia motioned down to me. Vexen growled, and cleared off a place on a table. Marly set me down and Vexen examined my cuts through my cloak. "She's going to need stitches," Vexen announced. My eyes widened. I HATE NEEDLES.

I jumped off the table and ran for the door, but Marluxia grabbed me and sat me down on the table. "LET ME BLEED TO DEATH! I DON'T WANT STITCHES!" I screamed. Since I was in a state of panic, my control over sound was going haywire.

Vexen pointed to his another desk. "Get the purple liquid!" he called over my screaming. Marluxia nodded and staggered to his desk. Sound waves were breaking the test tubes, spilling colorful liquid all over the Chilly Academic's lab.

Gripping the vile tightly, Marluxia made his way back to Vexen, who was currently strapping my hands down with leather belts. "Now what?" Marly yelled over my screaming. Vexen finished strapping down my right hand while answering, "Just make sure she drinks it! I don't care what you have to do, just make her drink it!"

My screams were actually shaking the castle, making everyone fall over or stumble.

In the game room

"What is that?" Demyx yelled, covering his ears with his hands.

"Xenia only screams like this when she's around needles!" Larxene yelled with her hands over her ears. Everyone else was rolling on the ground, trying to stop the sound from reaching their eardrums.

Back to Vexen's Lab

Marluxia was trying to coax me into drinking the purple liquid in the vile. I would scream no repeatedly. "Make her drink it!" Vexen yelled. His ears were bleeding, and he was trying to strap down my legs. I kicked him in the face at least three times already.

Marluxia's POV

Xenia's screams were literally making my brain shake. Vexen was yelling at me to force the liquid down her throat, in whatever way possible. And there was only one way to do that. I took the cork lid off of the vile, and put the liquid in my own mouth, but didn't swallow any. But God, that tastes terrible!

I held Xenia down by her shoulders, and connected my lips to hers. She stopped screaming, but the Soulless Whisper did struggle. I forcefully opened her mouth, and let the liquid slide into her mouth. I pulled away, and put my hand over my mouth, so that she wouldn't spit it out.

I tilted her head back, in an attempted to make her swallow, but that wasn't working. I pinched her nose shut, so the only way for her to breathe was to swallow. Her face started to turn a blue violet, but I saw her swallow the disgusting liquid, so I removed my hands and she inhaled deeply.

Xenia's POV

Marluxia… just… kissed… me… But at the same time, he forced me to swallow a revolting liquid. I actually gagged, but I had to breathe, so I had to swallow it. The liquid actually made my body numb, and made me sleepy.

Marluxia's POV

Xenia's eyelids were starting to get heavy, and she eventually fell asleep. I wiped my lips with the back of my hand. That kiss… Xenia's lips were soft, and tasted like strawberries. It was quite pleasant… WAIT, WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING? I mentally slapped myself for thinking that. Xenia is my overactive, sarcastic, ADHD friend! Nothing more!

Vexen was grumbling about how he'll have to buy more equipment for his lab. He took out a needle and someone surgical thread. He pressed the needle on Xenia's ungloved arm, and pressed it in harder so it would break the skin so he could sew up her injuries. (A/N: I cannot type anything else about needles, since it makes my skin crawl and I HATE needles.)

10 minutes later

Still Marluxia's POV

The Chilly Academic kicked me out of his lab since he had to remove Xenia's clothes to finish sewing her wounds. It made me uncomfortable thinking about leaving the Soulless Whisper with that pedophile. If Xenia wakes up in the middle of it, it's going to be Hell on Earth.

A/N: Well, there's chapter four! I hated writing about the needle part, since it made my skin crawl severely, so I couldn't write anymore about it. Anyway, this is the longest chapter! And I couldn't update for awhile since my Internet usage went over, sorry peeps.

RFF: Xenia actually has her own rose garden from the amount of roses Marluxia has given her. She has almost every color rose except brown.

Theme song for this chapter: Crawling by Linkin Park.

Next time: Recovering (Xenia's POV)

"You left me alone with that pedo!" I shrieked. Marluxia let me hit him, since I knew he could easily catch my hand. His scratch wounds healed up, but my slap probably made the scars burn.

"He kicked me out!" Marluxia retorted. I slapped him again. Seriously, I cannot believe he left me with that… that… PEDOPHILE! I slapped his other cheek this time. I cannot stand Vexen! Or needles! But Vexen with needles? Oh hell no!

"I don't care if you were watching! Never, ever, leave me alone with that freak accident of nature!" I kicked him on the shin. I have a total of 279 stitches, and Vexen specifically told Marluxia that until my wounds healed, he was to make sure I didn't do anything extreme. Translation: do not hang out with Axel or Demyx for three weeks.

Poor Xenia, but REVIEW PLEASE!