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Sorry it took so long, I'm busy at school. Well, here it is...

I Was Born As A Nobody

Chapter 5: Twilight Rumble

-Betwixt and Between Realm-

"So...," Xkeith said, trying to break the ice. "Can you create those swirling dark portals, too, as a senior member of the Orgy?"

They had been walking around for fifteen minutes, and the boredom had just started to get into their heads.

"Yes, I can, of course." Axel answered, "Every members of the organization are supposed to be able to summon one, except for Roxas, as it is his opposite element."

"When will I be able to do so, too?" Xkeith asked.

"Hmm..." Axel frowned, " I can't predict it yet. It depends on the skills of the Nobody. Oh, and that's our exit. C'mon."

A gate of darkness appeared and they stepped through it.

-Twilight Town, Sandlot-

As they stepped out of the portal, Xkeith realized that they are in the same town where he appeared out of nowhere.

"Isn't this...?"

"Yes, this is where you were born, isn't it?" Axel interrupted.

"No, I suddenly woke up here one mor- err...afternoon." Xkeith answered, though it intrigued him why Axel asked about him being here before. Didn't Xemnas said it's supposed to be a secret?

"Oh, it's the same thing, then. And, oh, here comes your first birthday present..." Axel pointed to the center of the square.

As Axel pointed out, Heartless started to appear, one at a time.

"Can you handle those?" Axel asked.

"Hey, gimme a break, you haven't even taught me anything yet!" Xkeith said, a bit terrified by the idea of fighting barehandedly and alone. "At least show me how it's supposed to be done, Axel!"

"So what? People can learn by doing, right? So can Nobodies!" Axel said. A moment of silence passed. "...okay, okay! Fine! Watch and learn!" And with that, Axel jumped in a blink of an eye.

Axel soared through the orange sky and landed amidst the Heartless. "You all want a piece of me? Come and get it!" Axel said coolly.

"Stop showing off and get on with it, Axel!" Xkeith shouted. From afar, of course.

"Shut up!" Axel shouted back, then summons his chakrams, "Burn, baby!"

A wall of fire erupted around Axel, incinerating all the Heartless in a single move. Unfortunately, Xkeith is counted as a Heartless, too, though he's just burning up, not killed.

"AAAHHH! Hot HOT HOT! DAMN YOU, AXEL!", cursed Xkeith, running around in a circle...

"Thank you! You're too kind!" Axel was sitting now, laughing his ass out. "Stop and roll, you idiot! I don't want to be blamed for incinerating a newbie!"

Xkeith stopped and rolled, the fire was extinguished in a matter of minute. But, his face was already black from the burn.

"Damn! It hurts! Aaaarrrgghh..."

Axel walked over and handed him a bottle filled with green liquid. "Here, drink this, this will help..."

"...how can a bottle of suspicious...concoction cured a third degree burn like this? I'm not having a flu, you know? Or are you trying to drug me?" Xkeith asked, eyeing the bottle suspiciously.

"Well, this 'concoction' as you called it, is a Potion, and it's expensive, mind you. So, you better be grateful. Drink it." Axel said, amused by his apprentice's lack of knowledge.

Xkeith then drank the potion, and all the burn disappeared.

"Ah! The wonders of today's medicine!" Axel said, joking around, " Are you ready for round two of burning up? Because the Heartless are getting impatient." Axel asked Xkeith with a grin.

"Not a word of sorry? Geez..." Xkeith complained, "There's no way I'm going to let you have all the fun!"

As he said that, he got up and ran to the horde of Heartless. But, he stopped mid way and shouted back. "How the hell do I summon my weapons?"

"Try and figure it out by yourself! Meanwhile, I'm just going to watch you from...there!" Axel shouted, pointing to a nearby bench. Axel was starting to have some fun from being an ass.

"You're useless!" Xkeith continued his running.

"Okay, I can do this..." Xkeith said in his mind, with a Shadow in front of him.

Xkeith tried summoning a sword, as he have already done so before. But there's just no such thing as a newbie's luck. A frying pan appeared, floating beside him.

"Darn, must I use this? Oh well..." He then started braining the Shadow with the frying pan.

On the other hand, Axel was smiling evilly to himself, watching his junior fighting like an idiot swinging a frying pan around.

When the frying pan made contact with the Shadow, a loud thunk was heard, accompanied with the sound of skulls breaking. The Shadow went flying on the air, and smack Axel in his face.

"OW!" Axel cursed, tumbling backward and fell behind the bench.

"Whoo! That's for burning me up! We're even!" Xkeith shouted, then laughed evilly and went on cracking Shadows' skulls open.

In a matter of minute, all the Shadows has been obliterated, thanks to the almighty frying pan of doom.

"You did great! But you get a minus point from throwing Heartless all over my face!" Axel scowled, still annoyed by the fact his junior had settled his revenge on him.

"Well, what do you expect? Or you prefer the frying pan itself?" Xkeith said, amused.

"Err... On second thought, yes, I did deserve it. C'mon then, let's RTC." Axel said, then yawned like a hippo.

"RTC? What's that?" Xkeith asked, unfamiliar with the abbreviation.

"Return to The Castle, of course. I'm going to call it a day. Or you'd prefer to stay here and start banging Heartless again?" Axel said lazily.

"Banging? Eww..."

"Not that 'banging', you idiot!"

"C'mon, let's just go."

Axel then summoned a portal to the castle, and they stepped into it.

-The Castle That Never Was, Grey Room-

A portal appeared and the two stepped out of it. There are Xion and Roxas, playing cards while sitting on a sofa.

"Took you long enough, Axel! I thought you went missing in action!" Roxas yelled very loudly.

"No need to be that loud, Rox! Where's Saix? I'm going to smack a Heartless on his face..." Axel said, walking away through a corridor to find his target.

"...what?" Xion said, puzzled.

"It's a long story." Xkeith replied, "What are you two playing?"

"We're playing Poker. Care to join us?" Roxas offered.

"Hmm, I think not... I'm going to return a file to Xemnas, then go to sleep afterwards." Xkeith said, starting to walk away.

"Has Axel laziness rubbed off on you?" Xion asked,"or you're just plain lazy? As I recall, you have slept for almost a week before."

"C'mon, it's my first day. Can't anyone have some sleep and not called lazy?" Xkeith walked away.

"...I think they're having their period of the month." Roxas joked.

"I thought so, too." Xion chuckled at Roxas' joke.

"I heard that!" Xkeith and Axel yelled from the other side of the castle.

"Oops" Roxas plainly said.

-Xemnas' Lair-

"So, how's your first day in the organization?" Xemnas asked as he took Vexen's report and stashed it in a drawer.

"What? Oh, it's boring, like my usual life." Xkeith said looking bored.

"Of course. You're dismissed." Xemnas said.

"Thank God." Xkeith mumbled then walked through the door.

-Corridors-

"So, you're the new kid, right?" A female voice sounded from behind.

"So what if I am?" Xkeith said, turning around to see the female speaker. "Ah, and you must be..." Xkeith paused.

"Call me Larxene, and you better start respecting your seniors in here." Larxene said in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Who are you? Vexen's spawn? And you better stop being an ass." Xkeith turned around to continue walking.

In a blink of an eye, Larxene appeared on front of him and pinned him to the wall. "How dare you! I'll ki-"

"No killing today, Larxene." A portal appeared behind her. A man with pink hair stepped through.

"And who might you be? Her feminine side?" Xkeith asked, ignorant to his situation.

"I'm Marluxia, and I'm not feminine." Marluxia said, then swishes his hair around like a shampoo advertisement.

"Yeah right, that's like saying 'you're alive' to a lamp post." Xkeith said, rolling his eyes. A vein popped in Marluxia's head, but he shrugged it off.

"Anyway, tomorrow you'll be assigned to train with me as a mission, so I want you not to be late. I'll be waiting at the mission location." Marluxia said in a straight tone.

"Yeah, yeah... Leave me alone now." Xkeith shoved Larxene off him, earning another glare. Then, he walked off and entered his room.

"Another one to add into our plan, you think?" Marluxia asked.

Larxene glared,"I hope not, I can't stand him."

"But you should know that I just saved you." Marluxia said.

"What are you talking about? I'm the one about to kill him." Larxene said.

"I'm talking about that." Marluxia pointed above to the ceiling. Larxene followed his finger and gaped in shock, then whistled.

"Wow, he's not bad for a newbie, after all." Larxene said.

"You see what I mean now? Oh, by the way, Saix summoned you. He wants you to report and do your mission." Marluxia said, changing the subject.

"Oh, great, I could use some practice." Larxene said.

Then they teleported in their own portals. A clang was heard, which was coming from a white chakram falling from mid air to the floor. Then it dissipated into thin air and disappeared.

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